Community

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-005809",
  "term": "Community",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. An assemblage of species living together in a particular area, at a particular time, in a prescribed habitat. Communities usually bear the name of their dominant plant species but include all the microbes, plants, and animals living in association with the dominant plant species at a given time.\n\n2. An assemblage of populations of different species within a specified location and time. (pertains to ecological assessments)\n\n3. In ecology, a group of interacting populations in time and space. Sometimes, a particular subgrouping may be specified, such as the fish community in a lake or the soil arthropod community in a forest.\n\n4. All the groups of organisms living together in the same area, usually interacting or depending on each other for existence.\n\n5. An interacting population of various types of individuals (or species) in a common location.\n\n6. A neighborhood or specific area where people live.\n\n7. In ecology, an assemblage of populations of different species within a specified location in space and time. Sometimes, a particular subgrouping may be specified, such as the fish community in a lake or the soil arthropod community in a forest.\n\n8. The persons associated with an area who may be directly affected by area pollution because they currently live in or near the area, or have lived in or near the area in the past (i.e., current or past residents), members of local action groups, local officials, tribal governments, health professionals, and local media. Other entities, such as local industry, may also consider themselves part of the community.\n\n9. All of the populations occupying a given area (Odum 1959, 6); Odum's definition was adapted by the Risk Assessment Forum to read: \"an assemblage of populations of different species within a specified location in space and time\" (RAF 1992, 37). \"In ecology, a group of interacting populations in time and space. Sometimes, a particular subgrouping may be specified, such as the fish community in a lake or the soil arthropod community in a forest\" (EPA 1993, 6).\n\n10. A group of organisms occurring together.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Nearshore Terrestrial Ecosystems Glossary",
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "Aquatic Biodiversity Glossary",
    "Biocriteria Glossary; Glossary of Wetland Bioassessment Terms",
    "Superfund for Students and Teachers Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment; Report on the Environment (ROE) Glossary",
    "Improving Air Quality in Your Community Glossary; EPA 2004",
    "Environmental Modeling and Assessment Program (EMAP) Master Glossary",
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/community/"
}