environmental quality objective

initialism: EQO
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.14644
Overall state to be aimed for in a particular aspect of the natural environment, for example, "water in an estuary such that shellfish populations survive in good health".
Note: Unlike an environmental quality standard, the EQO is usually expressed in qualitative and not quantitative terms.
Source:
PAC, 2009, 81, 829. (Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)) on page 878 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'environmental quality objective' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.14644 RIS BibTex EndNote
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