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Bioconcentration

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-000349

The uptake of a chemical substance by an aquatic organism directly from the surrounding water, leading to a higher concentration of the substance in the organism than in the water. It is a specific type of bioaccumulation that excludes uptake from food. Bioconcentration factors are used to assess the environmental risk of drilling fluid components.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-000349
FieldOil and gas
SubjectDrilling Fluids
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-000349",
  "term": "Bioconcentration",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "The uptake of a chemical substance by an aquatic organism directly from the surrounding water, leading to a higher concentration of the substance in the organism than in the water. It is a specific type of bioaccumulation that excludes uptake from food. Bioconcentration factors are used to assess the environmental risk of drilling fluid components.",
  "subject": "Drilling Fluids",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/bioconcentration/"
}

Record 378 of 4,499 in Oil and gas terminology (MLC-0103). Request the full dataset.