Biological Oxygen Demand

Substance: fo-a79827dcb0ba8212 Aggregate measurement
Source: EF 3.1
Unit: kg
Context: Environmental → Water → Ocean
CAS: —
EC: —

Dimension: Environmental
Media: Water
Water body: Ocean

List	Version	Source flow	Name there	Why this flow
EF	3.1	08a91e70-3ddc-11dd-97e1-0050c2490048	biological oxygen demand	The consensus list is built from this one, so this row is the flow itself rather than something matched to it.
bafu	2026-v1	38cc6d30-78ce-5a98-96fb-fe3db957bc38	BOD5, Biological Oxygen Demand	This substance answers to the name the row carries; both name the same compartment.
ecoinvent	3.12	f012d2d5-ebb4-4531-8285-0b98af3dcbd4	BOD5, Biological Oxygen Demand	A curator's mapping table (ecoinvent-3.11-biosphere-EF-3.1-biosphere) names this flow.
ecoinvent	3.8	f012d2d5-ebb4-4531-8285-0b98af3dcbd4	BOD5, Biological Oxygen Demand	A curator's mapping table (ecoinvent-3.8-biosphere-EF-3.1-biosphere.json) names this flow.

Source list	Source flow	Name there	Compartment there	Match	Conversion
EF 3.1	08a91e70-3ddc-11dd-97e1-0050c2490048	biological oxygen demand	Emissions/Emissions to water/Emissions to sea water	exactMatch	—
ecoinvent 3.12	f012d2d5-ebb4-4531-8285-0b98af3dcbd4	BOD5, Biological Oxygen Demand	water / ocean	exactMatch	—
ecoinvent 3.8	f012d2d5-ebb4-4531-8285-0b98af3dcbd4	BOD5, Biological Oxygen Demand	water / ocean	exactMatch	—
bafu 2026-v1	38cc6d30-78ce-5a98-96fb-fe3db957bc38	BOD5, Biological Oxygen Demand	emissions to water / ocean	closeMatch	—

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