Amfanin binciken muhalli
Binciken muhalli shi ne amfani da sinadarai na nazari da sauran dabaru don nazarin muhalli . Manufar wannan shi ne yawanci don saka idanu da kuma nazarin matakan gurɓata yanayi a cikin muhalli da, koguna da sauran takamaiman wurare. Sauran dabarun nazarin muhalli sun haɗa da binciken nazarin halittu ko nazarin albarkatu, nazarin ƙasa ko gwajin ƙasa, binciken ciyayi da gano bishiya, da tsinkaye mai nisa wanda ke amfani da hotunan tauraron dan adam don tantance muhalli akan ma'auni daban-daban.

Dabarun nazari 
Binciken sinadarai yawanci ya ƙunshi yin samfurin wani yanki na muhalli da yin amfani da kayan aikin lab don gano nawa ne na wani mahalli da kuma manufa. Wani na iya amfani da nazarin sinadarai don tantance matakan gurɓacewa don gyarawa, ko don tabbatar da ruwan ƙasa ba shi da haɗari don a sha.  Binciken nazarin halittu yawanci ya haɗa da auna yawan nau'in a cikin wani yanki don tabbatar da kuma bayanai game da yanayin halitta saboda wasu dalilai. Ana iya amfani da bincike irin wannan a ƙoƙarin fahimtar ɗimbin nau'ikan, ana iya amfani da su don duba yadda tasirin waje ke shafar yanayin halittu. Gwajin ƙasa na iya haɗawa da nazarin sinadarai, to amma galibi gwajin ƙasa ya haɗa da cire wani yanki na ƙasa don fahimtar abin da kowane Layi na ƙasa ya ƙunshi saboda wasu dalilai. Kuma Ana iya buƙatar samfuran ƙasa idan wani yana ƙayyade ko za su iya yin gini a wani wuri, ko don samar da samfurin yanki kawai.  Binciken ciyayi yayi kama da binciken halittu domin mutum yana auna yawan nau'in tsiro da bishiyoyi a cikin wani yanki na musamman don ƙarin fahimtar yanayin halittu saboda wasu dalilai. Wani lokaci ana yin waɗannan don fahimtar tasirin muhalli daga abubuwan waje, ko don kawai tantance lafiyar yanayin yanayin gaba ɗaya. Ana iya amfani da hankali mai nisa don nazarin muhalli ta hanyar ɗaukar hotuna da tauraron dan adam ya harba a cikin tsawon magudanar ruwa don tantance wuraren ma'auni daban-daban don wata manufa. Ana iya amfani da hankali mai nisa don gano amfani da ƙasa, ana iya amfani da shi don ƙayyade lalacewa daga gobarar daji, ana iya amfani da shi don tsarin yanayi da yanayin yanayi, da kuma yanayin yanayin yanayi.  Cigaba na baya-bayan nan a fagen ji na nesa ya kuma haifar da haɓaka na'urori masu zaman kansu don nazarin sigogin physico-chemical na muhalli ta amfani da na'urori masu auna firikwensin.

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