biovolume

plural biovolumes

1. The volume of cells in a unit amount of water (normally quoted in cubic millimetres per litre).
2. biologyA surrogate for biomass, used in ecological studies of invertebrates (normally quoted in cubic millimetres).

   The separate biovolumes of herbivores, predators, parasites, and detritivores did not vary consistently with grass treatment (Table 2 ).

   2015 July 10, “Grassland Arthropods Are Controlled by Direct and Indirect Interactions with Cattle but Are Largely Unaffected by Plant Provenance”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI