Noun
all the plant and animal life of a particular region
Source: WordNetA big disadvantage of complex biological sewage treatment systems is that if the house is empty, the sewage system biota may starve to death. Source: Internet
A clear paleontological window on cyanobacterial evolution opened about 2000 Ma, revealing an already-diverse biota of blue-green algae. Source: Internet
Ediacara biota bear little resemblance to modern lifeforms, and their relationship even with the later lifeforms of the Cambrian explosion is rather difficult to interpret. Source: Internet
Chaparral and woodlands biota For the numerous individual plant and animal species found within the California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion, see: *Flora of the California chaparral and woodlands *Fauna of the California chaparral and woodlands. Source: Internet
A new exceptionally preserved biota from the Lower Silurian of Wisconsin, USA. Source: Internet
A more recent chaetognath, Paucijaculum samamithion Schram, has been described from the Mazon Creek biota from the Pennsylvanian of Illinois. Source: Internet