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Term	Acronym	Vocabulary	Vocabulary Type	Definitions
dissolved oxygen	DO	Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: Oxygen that is freely available in water to sustain the lives of fish and other aquatic organisms.
Dissolved Oxygen		Urban Watershed Management Research Terminology	Glossary and Key Word List
Dissolved Oxygen	DO	Sediment Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: The amount of oxygen that is dissolved in water. This term also refers to a measure of the amount of oxygen available for biochemical activity in a waterbody, and is an indicator of the quality of that water.
dissolved oxygen		Lake Erie Lakewide Management Plan (LaMP) Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: The amount of oxygen measured in the water.
dissolved oxygen	DO	Glossary of Technical Terms: Office of Underground Storage Tanks	Glossary and Key Word List
Dissolved Oxygen	DO	CADDIS Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List
Dissolved Oxygen	DO	Terms of Environment	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: The oxygen freely available in water, vital to fish and other aquatic life and for the prevention of odors. DO levels are considered a most important indicator of a water body's ability to support desirable aquatic life. Secondary and advanced waste treatment are generally designed to ensure adequate DO in waste-receiving waters.
Dissolved Oxygen	DO	Aquatic Biodiversity Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: The oxygen dissolved in water or sewage. Adequately dissolved oxygen is necessary for the life of fish and other aquatic organisms and for the prevention of offensive odors.
Dissolved Oxygen	DO		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Dissolved oxygen	DO	Chesapeake Bay Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: The amount of oxygen that is present in the water. It is measured in units of milligrams per liter (mg/L), or the milligrams of oxygen dissolved in a liter of water. Just like humans, all of the Bay's living creatures need oxygen to survive.
Dissolved Oxygen	DO	Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List
Dissolved Oxygen	DO	Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: Measure of water quality indicating free oxygen dissolved in water.
Dissolved Oxygen	DO	EPA EV-Chemical Substances-Chemical Properties	Taxonomy	Definition 1: Molecular oxygen (oxygen gas) dissolved in water. The concentration in water is a function of atmospheric pressure, temperature, and dissolved-solids concentration of the water. The ability of water to retain oxygen decreases with increasing temperature or dissolved-solids concentration. Photosynthesis and respiration by plants commonly cause diurnal variations in dissolved-oxygen concentration in water from some streams. [USGS Water Resources Data State, 2005 Definition of Terms] Definition 2: Concentration of oxygen dissolved in water, expressed in mg/l or as percent saturation, where saturation is the maximum amount of oxygen that can theoretically be dissolved in water at a given temperature and pressure. [NOAA Coral Reef Glossary] Definition 3: The amount of oxygen that is present in the water. It is measured in units of milligrams per liter (mg/L), or the milligrams of oxygen dissolved in a liter of water. Just like humans, all of the Bay's living creatures need oxygen to survive.[Chesapeake Bay Program Glossary]

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