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Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Environment, Controlled > Ecological Systems, Closed
Environment and Public Health > Environment > Environment, Controlled > Ecological Systems, Closed
Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Ecosystem > Ecological Systems, Closed
Environment and Public Health > Environment > Ecosystem > Ecological Systems, Closed

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Ecological Systems, Closed  

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  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Systems that provide for the maintenance of life in an isolated living chamber through reutilization of the material available, in particular, by means of a cycle wherein exhaled carbon dioxide, urine, and other waste matter are converted chemically or by photosynthesis into oxygen, water, and food. (NASA Thesaurus, 1988)

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Entry terms

  • Closed Ecological Systems

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