| LC control no. | sh 90000612 |
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| Topical heading | Biomass |
| See also | Mass (Physics) |
| Scope note | Here are entered works on the total mass of living matter within a given unit of environmental area. Works on energy from fuels produced from plant or animal sources, such as forestry byproducts or agricultural waste, or on the fuels themselves, are entered under Biomass energy. |
| Subject example tracing | Note under Biomass energy |
| Found in | Web. 3 (biomass) Random House (biomass) McGraw-Hill dict. sci. tech. (biomass) LC data base, 1/24/90 (biomass) Work cat. Hernández Stefanoni, J.L. Mapeo de la biomasa aérea de los bosques mediante datos de sensores remotos y R, enero de 2021: t.p. ([cataloger's translation] Mapping of the aerial biomass of forests through remote sensing data and R) American heritage dictionary of the English language, 2016, via WWW, viewed July 27, 2021 (biomass, n. 1. The total mass of living matter within a given unit of environmental area. 2. Plant or animal material, such as forestry byproducts or agricultural waste, that is used as a fuel or energy source) Merriam-Webster unabridged, via WWW, viewed July 27, 2021 (biomass, noun: 1 : the amount of living matter in the form of one or more kinds of organisms present in a particular habitat usually expressed as weight of organisms per unit area of habitat or as volume or weight of organisms per unit volume of habitat; 2 : plant materials and animal waste used as a source of fuel) |
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