Other Usage
The phenomenon of increased variety of plants as well as animals at the community junction (ecotone) is also called the Edge effect and is essentially due to a locally broader range of suitable environmental conditions or ecological niches.
Edge effects in biological assays refer to artifacts appearing in data which are caused by the position of the wells on a screening plate rather than a biological effect.
Edge effect in scanning electron microscopy is a phenomenon where a larger number of secondary and/or backscattered electrons are generated on a surface that is not purely horizontal. As the angle relative to horizontal increases, so does the surface area hit by the beam of electrons and therefore the strength of the detected signal increases.
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