Remanent magnetization. Permanent magnetization held in rocks and other earth materials, commonly, though not always, dating from cooling to below the Curie temperature (Tc) or Néel temperature (Tn) of the magnetic minerals in the rock, or the time of formation of the rock unit. (Brown L., McEnroe S. (2011) Remanent Magnetism. In: Gupta H.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8702-7_126)
Branding is the process of marking an animal or object to indicate identity or ownership, by burning the hide of an animal or surface of an object with a hot iron. (Adapted from American Veterinary Medical Association Animal Welfare Division. 2011. Literature Review on the Welfare Implications of Hot-Iron Branding and Its Alternatives. https://www.avma.org/sites/default/files/resources/hot-iron_branding_bgnd.pdf)
Any of several oxides of nitrogen. (IPCC. 2001. Climate Change 2001: Synthesis Report. Annexes. https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/03/annex.pdf)
A length frequency distribution is an arrangement of recorded lengths (in a total catch, a stock, or a sample) which indicates the number of individuals encountered in each length interval. (FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, FAO, 2014)
Kaolin is an aluminosilicate soft white mineral, CAS No. 1332-58-7. It is used in the manufacture of china and porcelain and also widely used in the production of paper, rubber, paint, drying agents, and many other products. It has a role as an excipient and an antidiarrhoeal drug. It is a mixture and an aluminosilicate mineral. (https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Kaolin)
The term “biological data” refers to information derived from living organisms and their products. (Park T. Korea BioData Station (K-BDS). Genomics Inform. 2023 Mar;21(1):e1. doi: 10.5808/gi.21.1.e1. Epub 2023 Mar 31. PMID: 37037459; PMCID: PMC10085739.)
The direct or indirect human alteration of the biological, physical, chemical or radiological integrity of brackish water. (Adapted from GEMET (https://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/en/concept/3493 is freshwater pollution))
The relationships, whether legally or customarily defined, between people (individuals or groups) and water resources. It encompasses the rights to access, use, manage and participate in decisions related to water resources. (FAO. 2025. The State of the World’s Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture 2025 – The potential to produce more and better. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd7488en)
An abnormality in which the eyes are held permanently wide open. (Human Phenotype Ontology, 2024. Staring gaze. https://hpo.jax.org/browse/term/HP:0025401)
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Important manifestation of some neurological diseases.
Thallophytes (Thallophyta, Thallophyto or Thallobionta) are a polyphyletic group of non-motile organisms traditionally described as "thalloid plants", "relatively simple plants" or "lower plants". They form an abandoned division of kingdom Plantae that include lichens and algae and occasionally bryophytes, bacteria and slime moulds. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thallophyte)
The process by which something thaws (changes from a solid, frozen state to a liquid or soft one, because of an increase in temperature.) (Adapted from Wiktionary. 2026. Thawing https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thawing)
Pollution sources that are diffused and do not have a single point of origin or are not introduced into a receiving stream from a specific outlet. The pollutants are generally carried off the land by storm-water runoff. (Glossary of Environment Statistics. 1997. Studies in Methods, Series F, No. 67, United Nations. New York.)
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Pollution from a general phenomenon, as opposed to pollution from a specific source
