The weight of living tissues usually measured per unit area over a particular time interval. Can include the dead parts of organisms like bark, hair, and nails.

[Gk. bios, life] The dry weight of organic matter comprising a group of organisms in a particular habitat.

Total amount of biotic material, usually expressed per unit surface area or volume, in a medium such as water. Material produced by the growth of micro-organisms, plants or animals. biomineralization [..]

  Organic nonfossil material of biological origin constituting a renewable energy source.

Biomasse

also bio-mass, c. 1980, from bio- + mass (n.1).

Biomass is a renewable energy source derived from living (or recently living) organisms, including dedicated energy crops and trees, agricultural food and feed crops, agricultural crop waste and resid [..]

living organisms, and the energy contained within them.

Living matter within an environmental area, for example plant material, vegetation, or agricultural waste used as a fuel or energy source.

Organic nonfossil material of biological origin. For example, trees and plants are biomass. Click for citation

The biological material derived from living or recently-deceased organisms. Usually, the term biomass is used to described plant material. In the garden, biomass is used to create compost or added in its raw form to garden beds to increase soil organic matter as it is decomposed by soil microorganisms.

Substance of living tissue, often a measure of weight or volume. Bipinnate

the total quantity of living matter in a given area or ecosystem.

Materials that are biological in origin, including organic material (both living and dead) from above and below ground, for example, trees, crops, grasses, tree litter, roots, and animals and animal waste. [4]

total amount of organic material.

The mass of living biological organisms in a given area or ecosystem at a given time. Biomass can refer to species biomass, which is the mass of one or more species, or to community biomass, which is [..]

The total mass of all organisms, plant, animal or otherwise, in a given area. © Nature Education

The weight of total living organisms or of a species population per unit of area. biomass fuel

the organic material that makes up the body of a plant, animal, or other organism.

Total mass of living organisms in a particular population.

the total weight of all the animals and plants living in a given area. It may relate to only one species.

the total mass or amount of living organisms in a particular area or volume

The aggregate amount of living matter or a specific species within a specific habitat, or the total number of a specific species in a specific habitat.

biology - the weight of biological matter in a system, usually expressed as weight of carbon per unit area (g/m2) or weight of carbon per volume (mg/m3)

All organic matter that derives from the photosynthetic conversion of solar energy.(Source: European Commission,CUB)

total weight of organic material present per unit of area or volume.

Living and recently dead biological material that can be used as a sustainable fuel.

The total mass of living organic matter in a particular area.

Any organic matter, particularly available on a renewable or recurring basis such as trees and plants (residues and fibers containing cellulose or lingo-cellulose), but also poultry litter and animal [..]

The total mass of living organisms in a given area or volume; dead plant material can be included as dead biomass. Biomass includes products, by-products and waste derived from such material.  ►Cellul [..]

Bio-power, combustion of biomass resources for electricity generation.

According to 10 CFR 451.2 [Title 10 Energy; Chapter II Department of Energy; Subchapter D Energy Conservation; Part 451 Renewable Energy Production Incentives], the term biomass means “biologically ge [..]

(n) plant materials and animal waste used as fuel(n) the total mass of living matter in a given unit area

measure of the amount of living material in an area, usually expressed in units of weight per unit volume

the total amount of living material within a given area. Compare to biodiversity. The biomass of a single whale can equal the biomass of many thousands of its planktonic prey belonging to numerous spe [..]

the amount of living matter (living organisms); this is expressed as weight per unit area or per unit volume

(English) The total mass of all living material in a specific area, habitat, or region.

when used in fisheries management it refers to the total population of a particular commercial fish species. Bycatch - ocean animals that are incidentally caught when fishing for other targeted animal [..]

The mass of living organisms in a given area, or material derived from organisms.

Biomass fuel is a renewable source of fuel derived from plants. It can be used to generate electricity. Biomass boilers and stoves are becoming increasingly popular.

Biomass is a type of renewable fuel derived from plants. It is increasingly being used to generate electricity. You can also buy biomass stoves and boilers.

This is the total weight of a number of organisms or population of a species. 

A measure of the abundance of an animal in term of the mass (weight) of the animals, stated as either the total mass of the animals in a given location or per unit area.

Electricity generated by burning organic matter such as plants. Landfill gas is the most widely used resources for biomass energy generation.

A renewable energy source comprised of organic matter that can be used as, or converted into, fuel.

The total weight of a group (or stock) of living organisms or of some defined fraction of it (e.g. spawners), in a given area, at a particular time.

a measure of the biological material in a given habitat or species, often expressed as the weight of organisms per unit area.

The total dry organic matter or stored energy content of living organisms that is present at a specific time in a defined unit (community, ecosystem, crop, etc.) of the Earth's surface.

Any plant-derived organic matter. Biomass available for energy on a sustainable basis includes herbaceous and woody energy crops, agricultural food and feed crops, agricultural crop wastes and residues, wood wastes and residues, aquatic plants, and other waste materials, including some municipal wastes. Biomass is a very heterogeneous and chemicall [..]

This is the total weight of a number of organisms or population of a species. It is possible for a fish population to have a high biomass and be overfished.

The total mass of organisms in a given place at a given time

Biological Investigations of Marine Antarctic Systems and Stocks (SCAR/SCOR)

Biological Investigations of Marine Antarctic Systems and Stocks

Organic non-fossil material of biological origin constituting a renewable energy source such as energy derived from plants. Alcohol fuels are produced from wood, sugarcane and corn. Firewood, crop res [..]

Energy from organic matter used directly for heat or to power a generator for electricity.

A form of electricity derived from the burning of plant and organic matter. Landfill gas is one of the most widely used forms of biomass energy generation.

typically small base load generators. These are generally fueled by a wood-based fuel, which is often a waste material from sawmills or pulp mills.

Various biological materials used to create biofuels. BPA

Mass of organic matter. E.g., the “biomass removed in harvesting” refers to the amount of organic matter — mostly wood in trees, but also twigs and leaves — removed at harvest.

In the energy sector, biomass is defined as all organic matter of plant or animal origin, including municipal solid waste and agricultural and industrial waste. Biomass is converted into energy throug [..]

Biological material that can be used as a fuel or exploited for industrial purposes (such as chemicals, fibers, plastics, etc.). In electricity generation, biomass consists of two types: closed-loop biomass (trees grown expressly for power production) and open-loop biomass (sawdust, tree trimmings, timber slash, wood chips, farm byproducts, animal [..]

Organic materials, such as wood by-products and agricultural wastes, that can be burned to produce energy or converted into a gas and used for fuel.

The total mass of matter such as plant material, vegetation, or agricultural waste.

Total living weight (generally in dry weight) of all organisms in a particular area or habitat. It is sometimes expressed as weight per unit area of land or per unit volume of water.

The total weight of all living organisms in a biological community.

The total amount of biotic material, usually expressed per unit surface area or volume of a medium such as water (WHO, 1979).

Plant matter such as trees, grasses, agricultural crops or other biological material. It can provide a renewable source of electrical power, fuel, or chemical feedstocks.

Any living or recently dead plant or animal material.

All of the living material in a given area; often refers to vegetation.

The total mass of a defined organism or group of organisms in a particular community or an ecosystem as a whole.

All of the living material in a given area; often refers to vegetation.

All of the living material in a given area; often refers to vegetation.

The weight of biological matter. 

Biomass is organic non-fossil material - i.e., masses of biological organisms, dead or alive, but not coal or oil, which is fossilized organic material.

is the living materials (wood, vegetation, etc.) grown or produced expressly for use as fuel.

The total amount of living substance in a given area. It can include animals, micro-organisms and vegetation, such as wood or crop residue.

Organic non-fossil material of biological origin. For example, trees and plants are biomass.

Total mass of all the organisms of a given type and/or in a given area. (From Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990) It includes the yield of vegetative mass produced from any given crop.

A source of fuel made from living and recently-dead plant materials such as wood, leaves and the biodegradable part of industrial and municipal waste.

the mass (weight) of organisms in a community

Total mass of all the organisms of a given type and/or in a given area. (From Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990) It includes the yield of vegetative mass produced from any given crop.

Organic nonfossil material of biological origin. For example, trees and plants are biomass.

Organic, non-fossil material available on a renewable basis. Biomass includes all biological organisms, dead or alive, and their metabolic by-products that haven't been transformed by geological processes into substances such a coal or petroleum.

Any plant-derived organic matter. Biomass available for energy on a sustainable basis includes herbaceous and woody energy crops, agricultural food and feed crops, agricultural crop wastes and residues, wood wastes and residues, aquatic plants and other waste materials, including some municipal wastes. Biomass is a heterogeneous and chemically comp [..]

A mass or clump of organic material consisting of living organisms feeding on the wastes in wastewater, dead organisms, and other debris. Also see ZOOGLEAL FILM and ZOOGLEAL MASS.

Plant material or agricultural waste, which can be turned into a biofuel.

That part of a given habitat consisting of living matter, expressed as weight of organisms per unit area. Recommended biomass of worms for vermicomposting is about one pound per square foot surface ar [..]

Renewable organic materials, such as wood, agricultural crops or wastes and municipal wastes, especially when used as a source of fuel or energy. At each stage of the agro-industrial fruit and vegetable processing industry, biomass by-products such as peels, seeds and unused flesh are produced. The RESFOOD project aims to minimise the biomass waste [..]

The living organisms found in a particular area i.e. soil biomass.

The amount of a living species, expressed as a concentration or weight per unit area.

The mass of material produced by living micoorganisms, plants, or animals.

Biological material derived from living, or recently living organisms. It most often refers to plants or plant-based materials, which are specifically called lignocellulosic biomass.

is all of the physical material, alive and dead, of biological origin for a designated sample or system. Biomass can be calculated as wet (including water mass) or dry (without). It is sometimes calculated on a carbon-specific basis, that is, the mass of all of the carbon excluding hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen or another element. For example, a 150-l [..]

The total mass of living matter within a given unit of environmental area.

plants, crops, and trees; converted by solar fuel technologies into fuels and byproducts. See the Biomass Resource Information Clearinghouse

The complete dry weight of organic material found in the biosphere or less strictly, the matter in the biosphere that is contained in living organisms. [Biology; Campbell, Niel; 1118; 1990; Benjamin C [..]

The total dry weight of all organisms in a particular sample, population, or area.

the total dry weight of living organisms (or a particular species or group of organisms) in any given area.

A renewable energy source, commonly used to refer to plant matter grown to generate heat or electricity. (see also: Biomass

Organic waste that can be converted to usable forms of energy such as heat or electricity, or crops grown specifically for that purpose.

The sum total of organic material in a specified area. Biomass fuel is fuel made from organic amtter. Biofuels are made from biomass.  

Organic material of a non-fossil origin (living or recently dead plants and animals tissue) including aquatic, herbaceous, and woody plants, animal wastes, and portions of municipal wastes.

The total weight of a living organism or a population of organisms.

 is biological material derived from living, or recently living organisms. It most often refers to plants or plant-based materials which are specifically called lignocellulosic biomass. As an energy s [..]

Organic nonfossil material of biological origin constituting a renewable energy source.

Any organic material, such as wood, plants, and organic wastes, that can be turned into fuel.

Plant material such as wood, grains, agricultural waste, and vegetation that can be used as an energy source

Organic materials, such as wood by products and agricultural wastes, that can be burned to produce energy or converted into a gas and used for fuel.

The total weight of all the biological material or the combined mass of all the animals and plants inhabiting a defined area; usually expressed as dry weight per area.

Biological material from living, or recently living organisms such as trees, grasses, and agricultural crops. As an energy source, biomass can either be used directly, or converted into other energy products such as biofuel.

Biological material derived from living or recently living organisms, usally referring to plants

plant material, manure, or any other organic matter that is used as an energy source

the materials derived from photosynthesis (fossilised materials may or may not be included) such as forest, agricultural crops, wood and wood wastes, animal wastes, livestock operation residues, aquat [..]

The total weight of the organisms contituing a given trophic level or inhabiting a defined area. The standing crop, that is the total amount of living organic material in a given ecosystem. The total [..]

Total living weight (generally in dry weight) of all organisms in a particular area or habitat. It is sometimes expressed as weight per unit area of land or per unit volume of water.

Organic material derived from waste which is used as a renewable energy source to produce electricity and heat.

Refers to energy technologies fuelled by anything derived from plant or animal matter including for example wood, straw or agricultural waste.

Any plant-derived organic matter available on a renewable basis, including dedicated energy crops and trees, agricultural food and feed crops, agricultural crop wastes and residues, wood wastes and residues, aquatic plants, animal wastes, municipal wastes, and other waste materials.

The amount of living matter in a given habitat.

the biological mass, quantity of living matter, or dry weight of a particular species, within a habitat or geographical area. Biomass energy is stored in organic matter such as plants or animals and their waste products.

The mass, usually defined by dry weight, of all living organisms in an area or ecosystem.

The total weight or volume of organisms in a given area or volume.

The biomass is the mass of living biological organisms in a given area or ecosystem at a given time. Biomass can refer to species biomass, which is the mass of one or more species, or to community bio [..]

The biomass is the mass of living biological organisms in a given area or ecosystem at a given time. Biomass can refer to species biomass, which is the mass of one or more species, or to community bio [..]

The biomass is the mass of living biological organisms in a given area or ecosystem at a given time. Biomass can refer to species biomass, which is the mass of one or more species, or to community bio [..]

Biomass is waste material from plants or animals that is not used for food or feed; it can be waste from farming (like wheat stalks) or horticulture (yard waste), food processing (like corn cobs), ani [..]

Biomass is waste material from plants or animals that is not used for food or feed; it can be waste from farming (like wheat stalks) or horticulture (yard waste), food processing (like corn cobs), ani [..]