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	Comparing Functions and Types of Filtration for Your Aquarium
		Biological filtration occurs to some degree in all filters and in areas of the aquarium where these bacteria are present such as the water, substrate, and decorations.
		The biological filtration is accomplished by the bacteria living on the large surface area of the substrate that the water is passing through.
		The biological filtration of canister filters is limited due to the amount of oxygen present in the water passing through the filter.
	www.peteducation.com /article.cfm?cls=16&cat=1789&articleid=2614 (4193 words)

	Biological uplift - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In science fiction, biological uplift is a common but by no means universal term for the act of an advanced civilization helping the development of another species by bringing a non-sapient one into sentience, or by giving a sapient one spacefaring capabilities.
		It is highly likely that biological uplifting would be accomplished through the application of genetic and transgenic technologies, and possibly even artificial intelligence.
		Cultural uplift is distinguished from biological uplift in that it does not physically alter the organism.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Biological_uplift (571 words)

	Aquarium Filter Options
		Biological filtering removes toxic ammonia created from fish waste, decaying plants, etc. and converts it to non-toxic nitrate by passing the aquarium water over a colony of nitrifying bacteria.
		One or two, uplift tubes, usually placed against the back wall of the aquarium, are connected to the plates.
		Water is drawn down through the gravel and through the plates toward the uplift tubes, where it is then dispersed back into the upper part of the aquarium by the power heads or air stones.
	www.drhelm.com /aquarium/flitration.html (1095 words)

	uplift \| English \| Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
		Uplift factor, or simply "uplift", the adjustments to employee salaries or benefits, especially in countries of the British Commonwealth
		Uplift Universe, the fictional science-fiction universe in the novels by David Brin
		uplift to French uplift to Italian uplift to Spanish uplift to Dutch uplift to Portuguese uplift to German uplift to Russian uplift to Japanese uplift to Chinese (T) uplift to Chinese (S) uplift to Korean uplift to Turkish uplift to Hebrew uplift to Additional uplift to Croatian uplift to Serbian uplift to Swedish
	www.babylon.com /definition/uplift (274 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		With the implementation of the Coastal Resource Conservation program, a Mangrove Conservation Centre and Biological Garden at Kiralakele, Ambalantota, in the Hambantota district was set up with a concerted effort to focus on the conservation of mangroves and the bio-diversity of coastal resources with a grant of Rs.
		The aim of the Federation is to uplift the living conditions, build up the identity, and conserve the resources of the fisher folk in the island nation.
		Mangrove habitats are unique in their own right, and hence in a mangrove biological garden, a visitor can enjoy a grand spectacle of various plants that are especially adapted to thrive in the harsh environment together with aquatic and terrestrial animals.
	www.dailynews.lk /2001/10/20/fea02.html (2187 words)

	Biogeochemistry: Supplemental Materials for Part II. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tectonic movements of the crust and mantle result in the uplift of marine sediments to form new mountainous areas on land, renewing rock weathering and rejuvenating the global sedimentary cycle of these elements.
		The contrast between the sedimentary and biological cycles is that biotic processes dominate the annual movement of elements with biological cycles.
		Clearly, humans as a biological species have an enormous capacity to increase the rate of movement of materials in both the sedimentary and biological cycles.
	www.gps.caltech.edu /classes/ge148/part2.html (957 words)

	TranScending (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Religion is seen in biological-reductionist terms as a disease of subjectivity, sentience as impossible to understand, dreams as unimportant, freedom as a meaningless term, and art as snobbery combined with a kind of masturbation of pleasure centers that nature designed for more practical tasks.
		The trouble is that social constructionists and biological reductionists both see the initiating conditions of human behavior as fully explaining it.
		Biological "survival" is a grand, breathtaking, and accurate metaphor, but a metaphor.
	www.omidyar.net /group/uplift/ws/TranScending (5679 words)

	Department of Biology -- Course Listings
		Designed to acquaint the beginning student in immunology with the history of the field, its molecular, cellular and organismal components, and the areas of interaction between the immune response, genetics, endocrinology, embryological development and aging.
		Critical examination of the evidence for biological evolution with particular emphasis upon the historical development of the concept; evolutionary mechanisms; species diversity, both past and present; and the geographical distribution of living organisms.
		Biological problems such as biodiversity, genetic engineering and diseases are examined from molecular biology through evolutionary considerations.
	www4.wittenberg.edu /academics/biol/courses/index.html (2446 words)

	Biological Evolution & The History of Life
		Biological Evolution: landmark scientific theory explaining the origin of biological species and the history of life on Earth.
		It is the foundation of biology (life science) and paleontology (the study of ancient life), and it unifies biological sciences in much the same way plate tectonics unifies the earth sciences.
		Biological success: simply put, it measures the ability of a population to reproduce the next generation.
	servercc.oakton.edu /~billtong/eas100/evlution.htm (1755 words)

	Dynamics of ecologies within geophysical settings
		Biological communities comprise intricate and complex networks of symbioses, food webs, and resource sharing and exhibit their own internal dynamics.
		These patterns of dynamic biological change occur on time-scales longer than human records and their study requires the interpretation of geological, geochemical, climatological, and paleontological records.
		Critical intervals in Earth history (periods involving mass extinction events or dramatic changes in ecological structure) are a means of studying the dynamics of the coupled biosphere-geosphere system, just as one means of determining the dynamics of a mechanical system is to subject it to a sudden impulse and observe the dynamics of its response.
	www.agu.org /sections/biogeo/ecogeoFYI.html (820 words)

	Aquarium filtration and filter types
		Mechanical filtration is necessary to remove particles from the water to keep the water sparkling clear and to maximise the efficiency of subsequent biological or adsorptive filtration.
		Biological filtration is essential to ensure the breakdown of waste products in the aquarium by 'friendly' bacteria.
		These are specialised biological filters which rely on a constantly moving bed of sand as the filter medium.
	www.thetropicaltank.co.uk /filters.htm (927 words)

	The Ethics of Uplift
		Uplift is the process, defined by David Brin in his book "Sundiver", of elevating animal species to full sapience.
		It might be argued that deciding to engage in Uplift is like deciding to have a child, that parents mould the clay of a newborn mind according to their desires yet are nearly always surprised when a full-blown independent being emerges.
		Much of this behaviour seems to be mediated by hormonal and biological influences and may not survive the transition to non-human bodies or bodies where the biological component is under conscious control.
	www.spectacle.org /396/scifi/uplift.html (2612 words)

	Ozark Ecosystem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The uplift is characterized by horizontal bedrock, numerous caves, and several streams or rivers flowing out in all directions.
		The Ozarks are bordered on the southwest by the Neosho River, on the south by the Arkansas River, the Black River on the east, and the Osage and Missouri Rivers form the northern boundary.
		While much of this ecosytem's unique biological and botanical diversity is still comparable to that of presettlement conditions, the area has experienced significant alteration by humans.
	www.fws.gov /midwest/ecosys/ozark.htm (1200 words)

	Filters and Filtration - Fish-Keeping
		Undergravel filters are the most common type of biological filter and work by pulling water down through a bed of gravel at the bottom of the aquarium and pulling it up through the uplift tubes.
		The drawback to this as a primary biological filter is when you dispose of the cartridge, you dispose of the bacteria colony as well.
		These are usually in the form of a compartment in the filter filled with biological media or an attached external 'bio wheel', a pleated wheel that the water flows over as it is leaving the filter and returning to the aquarium.
	www.fish-keeping.com /forums/showthread.php?t=24 (576 words)

	uplift - OneLook Dictionary Search
		UPLIFT : Lake and Water Word Glossary [home, info]
		Phrases that include uplift: isostatic uplift, biological uplift, gurps uplift, list of minor uplift universe characters, stellar uplift, more...
		Words similar to uplift: elate, intoxicate, upheaval, uplifted, uplifting, upthrow, upthrust, edify, lift up, pick up, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=uplift&ls=a (275 words)

	Basic Types of Filters - Article at The Age of Aquariums - Tropical Fish
		They are also excellent as a secondary biological filter, which can easily be placed in a hospital tank for immediate biological filtration, should the need arise.
		The power filters are primarily meant to accent current biological filtration, such as a sponge filter or undergravel filter.
		This type of filter is very versatile and allows you to enhance biological, mechanical, or chemical filtration according to your tanks necessities, or keep a good balance of all three in a single unit.
	www.aquahobby.com /articles/e_filters.php (1362 words)

	Swelling Of Ground Surface In Oregon Spotted By USGS
		The exact timing of the uplift, or whether it is continuing at present, is unknown, but is being studied further.
		The USGS scientists said the specific cause of the uplift is uncertain, but because the Three Sisters region is a volcanic area, the uplift may reflect intrusion of a small volume of magma, or molten rock, deep below the surface, probably at a depth of about seven kilometers, or four miles.
		In addition to continued or accelerating uplift, precursors to an eruption would include earthquakes, typically swarms of small events generated by fracturing of rock as magma moves upward, and large emissions of volcanic gases, such as carbon dioxide, which are released from the magma.
	unisci.com /stories/20012/0510012.htm (628 words)

	UPLIFT Articles Uplift may refer to:a href="/Biolog
		Uplift factor, or simply "uplift", the adjustments to employee salaries or benefits, especially in countries of the British Commonwealth
		Uplift Universe, the fictional science-fiction universe in the novels by David Brin
		The two bathrooms needed serious uplift changes and the kitchen, besides all the efforts made along all these years to make it look a little prettier and more functional were exhausted.
	www.amazines.com /Uplift_related.html (1128 words)

	Clearwater Aquarium Filter System - A True Biological Filtration System
		Insert your power head into the clear uplift tube, adjusting if necessary so that the water will flow diagonally in the aquarium (back right corner to the front left corner).
		This will help ensure that the uplift tube does not become unsealed if the power head is ever removed.
		Insert the stabilizing pipe that you cut in step #4 between the uplift tube and the side of the aquarium and seal it with the silicon.
	www.miraclekoifood.com /aq_install.html (333 words)

	Filters
		Biological filtration is usually with mechanical filtration so this one you don't have to worry about.
		Uplift tubes in the back create circulation and bring chemicals to a carbon insert(s) the removes water pollutants.
		This is a mechanical, chemical, and biological filter.
	members.tripod.com /aqua_topia/filters.htm (907 words)

	Existence is Wonderful: IEET Conference - Comprehensive Report - Part 4
		Panel members were George Dvorsky whose talk was entitled "All Together Now: Developmental and Ethical Considerations for Biologically Uplifting Nonhuman Animals", Jeff Medina, who discussed "Personhood, Complexity, and Enhancement", and Martine Rothblatt, Ph.D., J.D., MBA whose presentation spoke "Of Genes, Bemes, and Conscious Things: Transhuman Enhancements and Transbeman Rights".
		And considering that we humans have gone on to develop various cultural constructs that, while admittedly imperfect, have allowed such things as the development of protective laws and ethics, it might be irresponsible of us to simply let sentient nonhumans continue with certain aspects of their unaltered existence.
		This memetic uplift consists of such things as proposals to offer personhood status and various protections to apes (already happening in Spain, and an increased acknowledgement of the fact that humans are not the only creatures capable of experiencing pain or emotions or building a culture.
	rationallongevity.blogspot.com /2006/06/ieet-conference-comprehensive-report.html (2796 words)

	Coastal Habitats theme stories
		The destruction of natural habitats has generated a worldwide concern about the decline of biological diversity—the degree of variety of living organisms in a community.
		Through public awareness efforts about the importance and preservation of biological diversity, perhaps we will be able to maintain or even improve the quality of life we have come to expect.
		This decline in biological diversity (the variety of living organisms) may limit future medical and technological advances that could have been based on extinct species.
	www.nps.gov /neje/habitats.html (2341 words)

	Uplift Universe
		This civilization is perpetuated by the act of Uplift, in which one sapient species genetically modifies a non-sapient species until it is sapient.
		The fact that Humanity had already uplifted two species when it encountered the galactic civilization gave Humanity patron status, which is one of the few lucky turns it has had in its difficult position as pariah in the galactic civilization.
		In the Uplift Storm trilogy, survivors of the space ship Streaker continue to evade the various galactic powers and along the way encounter a hidden planet where the inhabitants have avoided most of the uplift schisms which plague the galactic civilization.
	www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/Uplift_Universe.php (874 words)

	Tom Munnecke's Journal: October 2002 Archives
		He believes in the biological evolution of ideas, where "strong" thoughts prosper and "weak" ideas fail.3 To Salk, the secret to survival is in the creation of a sufficient number of "strong" ideas to preclude mass starvation, over-population, nuclear war, and other horrifying events.
		A lot of people think that talking about "communities of uplift" and positivity is just advocating "happy talk" with fuzzy wishes that "bad things" will go away; and that it is the same glass whether we look at it as half full or half empty.
		The uplift communities would have their incentives aligned; the results of their efforts would lift themselves up; the more successful, the more successful they can become in the future.
	www.munnecke.com /blog/archives/2002_10.html (14244 words)

	Lee's Aq Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		For this reason it is of utmost importance to have a strong biological system to break down such waste material before it becomes toxic to the aquarium inhabitants.
		Biological filtration is the process by which waste is broken down from toxic ammonia to less toxic nitrates (click her to see an illustration) by beneficial bacteria that inhabit the surfaces in the aquarium.
		The optimum conditions required for the bacteria to prosper are a constant supply of oxygen and media with large amounts of surface area for the good bacteria to colonize.
	www.leesaqpet.com /main.php?page=faq (601 words)

	Aquarium Fish Magazine Article
		It is easier to maintain the high pH necessary for healthy saltwater fish, the biologic filter has a higher capacity, and more oxygen and carbon dioxide can be exchanged at the surface of the water.
		Of the three types of filtration - biological, mechanical and chemical - the most important type in saltwater tanks is biological.
		The pump should be strong enough to push a stream of bubbles from each uplift tube across the tank to the front glass.
	www.petsforum.com /cis-fishnet/afm/G29006.htm (2240 words)

	Chatham Island Study
		The biological significance of this idea is so profound that it demands scientific scrutiny.
		Biological research will compare DNA sequences from selected Chatham Islands and mainland plants and animal to explore the timing, pattern and ecological consequences of colonization and isolation.
		These formations indicate rapid uplift of the Chathams since deposition of the Motarata Limestone 3.6 Ma, and that the Chathams topography may be much younger than previously thought.
	awcmee.massey.ac.nz /people/strewick/ChEARS (858 words)

	Reis Biological Station
		The Reis Biological Station (R.B.S.) is a regional field station for biological research and education in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas.
		In 1986, a consortium of colleges and universities was formed to promote biological research and education in the Ozarks.
		The structural apex of the Ozarks uplift is in the St. Francois region (30 mi from the Station) where Precambrian granites and volcanic rhyolitic tuffs are exposed.
	www.obfs.org /members/Stations/MO_Reis_Biol._Station.html (1027 words)

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