Ecological Integrity

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-008873

1. The condition of an unimpaired ecosystem as measured by combined chemical, physical (including physical habitat), and biological attributes.

2. A living system exhibits integrity if, when subjected to disturbance, it sustains and organizes self-correcting ability to recover toward a biomass end-state that is normal for that system. End-states other than the pristine or naturally whole may be accepted as normal and good.

3. Condition of an unimpaired ecosystem as measured by combined chemical, physical (including physical habitat), and biological attributes.

Table 1. Record
Identifier	MLC-T-ENV-008873
Field	Environment
Subject	Water
References	Aquatic Biodiversity Glossary; Biocriteria Glossary; Glossary of Wetland Bioassessment Terms; Terms of Environment; Aquatic Biodiversity Glossary

Record as JSON

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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-008873",
  "term": "Ecological Integrity",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The condition of an unimpaired ecosystem as measured by combined chemical, physical (including physical habitat), and biological attributes.\n\n2. A living system exhibits integrity if, when subjected to disturbance, it sustains and organizes self-correcting ability to recover toward a biomass end-state that is normal for that system. End-states other than the pristine or naturally whole may be accepted as normal and good.\n\n3. Condition of an unimpaired ecosystem as measured by combined chemical, physical (including physical habitat), and biological attributes.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Aquatic Biodiversity Glossary; Biocriteria Glossary; Glossary of Wetland Bioassessment Terms",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "Aquatic Biodiversity Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/ecological-integrity/"
}

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