Integrative sampling refers to the collection of data and utilizing different sampling techniques to produce a more comprehensive sample as a representative of the researchers' findings.

It's interesting how they thought of choosing to focus on the effect of toxicants on biofilms as an integrative sampler since it was a topic they hadn't seen very often throughout their research. One thing to point out as well is how they explained what makes their research different from research done with biofilms in the past. I wonder what led to them choosing this route of researching biofilms from the integrative sampler perspective.