Stressors

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-026994",
  "term": "Stressors",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. physical and biological factors that adversely affect aquatic organisms.\n\n2. Any factor that may harm plants or animals; includes chemical (e.g. metals or organic compounds), physical (e.g. extreme temperatures, fire, storms, flooding, and construction/development) and biological (e.g. disease, parasites, depredation, and competition).\n\n3. A set of conditions that may lead to an environmental impact. For example, an increase in greenhouse gases may lead to global warming.\n\n4. Physical, chemical, or biological entities that can induce adverse effects on ecosystems or human health.\n\n5. Effects or substances that are stressful to -- and therefore degrade -- aquatic ecosystems. Stressors may be chemical (e.g., nutrients), physical (e.g. excess sediments on the streambed), or biological (e.g., competing invasive species).",
  "subject": "Science and research",
  "references": [
    "Aquatic Biodiversity Glossary; Biocriteria Glossary",
    "Ecological Risk Assessment Glossary of Terms",
    "Lifecycle Assessment Principles and Practices Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment; EPA/OA/Office of Communications, Education, and Media Relations: Terms of Environment: Glossary, Abbreviations, and Acronyms (Revised December 1997)",
    "Wadeable Streams Assessment Glossary of Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/stressors/"
}