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Primary oil recovery

A Primary oil recovery is Pumping out the crude oil that Flows by gravity into the bottom of an oil well. See enhanced oil recovery, secondary oil recovery.

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Primary productivity

Deutsch: Primärproduktivität / Español: Productividad primaria / Português: Produtividade primária / Français: Productivité primaire / Italiano: Produttività primaria /

Primary productivity in the environment refers to the rate at which plants and other producers convert solar energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis. This process is essential for sustaining life on Earth, as it provides the energy source for all other organisms in the food chain.

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Primary Tillage

A Primary Tillage is the mechanical manipulation of soil that displaces and shatters soil to reduce soil strength and to bury or mix plant materials and crop chemicals in the tillage

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Primary wastewater treatment

A primary wastewater treatment is the first stage of the wastewater-treatment process where mechanical methods, such as filters and scrapers, are used to remove pollutants.

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Primate

Deutsch: Primat / Español: Primates / Português: Primata / Français: Primates / Italiano: Primati

Primate refers to a category of mammals that includes humans, apes, monkeys, and prosimians such as lemurs. In the context of the environment, primates are significant as they play crucial roles in ecosystems, serving as seed dispersers, maintaining forest Health, and indicating the overall well-being of their habitats. Their conservation status can reflect the health of their environment, as many species are highly sensitive to habitat loss and changes in biodiversity.

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Principal axes

principal axes are new variables created by ordination analysis that account for variation in the data.

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Principal Components Analysis (PCA)

A Principal components Analysis (PCA) is a linear multivariate ordination technique that determines a reduced set of coordinate axes.

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Prior appropriation doctrine

- Prior appropriation doctrine : A prior appropriation doctrine is the system for allocating water to private individuals used in most Western states. The doctrine of Prior Appropriation was in common use throughout

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Private Applicator

A Private Applicator is a category of applicator certification for farmers and/or employees such that they can legally apply restricted use pesticides or supervise others doing so who

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Private Trucking Fleets

Private Trucking Fleets are Private fleets serve the needs of their owners, and do not ordinarily offer commercial trucking services to other customers.

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