Population

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-021598",
  "term": "Population",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Group of individual organisms of the same species that occupy particular areas at a given time.\n\n2. An aggregate of individuals of a species within a specified location in space and time.\n\n3. Aggregate of individuals of a biological species that are geographically isolated from other members of the species and are actually or potentially interbreeding.\n\n4. The total number of individuals or objects being analyzed or evaluated.\n\n5. Group of similar individuals living in the same general area.\n\n6. A group of interbreeding organisms occupying a particular space; the number of humans or other living creatures in a designated area.\n\n7. Group of individual organisms of the same species living within a particular area.\n\n8. A group of interbreeding organisms occupying a particular space; the number of humans or other living creatures in a designated area (EPA 1992, 22 after Odum [1953] 1959, 6).\n\n9. In statistics and sampling design, the total universe addressed in a sampling effort; an assemblage of units of a particular resource, or any subset of extensive resources, about which inferences are desired or made. RAF defines population to be \"an aggregate of individuals of a species within a specified location in space and time\" (RAF 1992, 38).\n\n10. All persons present in a particular area.\n\n11. A group or number of people living within a specified area or sharing similar characteristics (such as occupation or age).\n\n12. The total number of inhabitants of a given area or country. In sampling, the population may refer to the units from which the sample is drawn, not necessarily the total population of people.\n\n13. In ecology, a group of interbreeding organisms occupying a particular space. In other contexts, including human health, this term generally refers to the number of humans living in a designated area.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Nearshore Terrestrial Ecosystems Glossary",
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary; EPA 1998a",
    "Aquatic Biodiversity Glossary; Biocriteria Glossary",
    "Program Evaluation Glossary",
    "Superfund for Students and Teachers Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment; EPA 2005b",
    "Greenhouse Gas Emissions",
    "Environmental Modeling and Assessment Program (EMAP) Master Glossary",
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary",
    "ATSDR 2004",
    "CDC 2005",
    "Report on the Environment (ROE) Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/population/"
}