A community of microorganisms that plays a role in a biological process involving the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter and the multi-step biochemical reactions that occur during this process. (Translated from http://terim.tuba.gov.tr/)
Control rights refer to the right to supervise the management of a property. They may include rights to make a decision about how the land should be used. (Multilingual thesaurus on land tenure (English version)
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Devices for capturing the sun’s energy over a large area and focussing it on a small area, thereby concentrating it. In this way it can be made to provide extremely high temperatures, used to generate steam that will expand, or to carry out a chemical reaction to produce a portable fuel such as hydrogen. (http://www.science.org.au/nova/005/005glo.htm)
The pasting properties of a food refer to the changes that occur in the food as a result of application of heat in the presence of water. These changes affect texture, digestibility, and end use of the food product. (Ocheme, O. B., Adedeji, O. E., Chinma, C. E., Yakubu, C. M., & Ajibo, U. H. (2018). Proximate composition, functional, and pasting properties of wheat and groundnut protein concentrate flour blends. Food Science & Nutrition, 6(5), 1173-1178. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.670)
The unit for measuring chemical energy. It is defined as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree Celsius at standard pressure. (Piper, R.G., et al. (1982) Fish hatchery management. Washington, D.C., USA, Fish and Wildlife Service. 517 p.; Lovell, T. (1998) Nutrition and Feeding of Fish. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston/London, 267 p. )
A spade is a tool primarily for digging consisting of a long handle and blade, typically with the blade narrower and flatter than the common shovel. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spade)
Vegetation greenness refers to above-ground green biomass or vegetation green degree. The NDVI is typically used to detect vegetation greenness. (Adapted from Na, R.; Na, L.; Du, H.; He, H.S.; Shan, Y.; Zong, S.; Huang, L.; Yang, Y.; Wu, Z. Vegetation Greenness Variations and Response to Climate Change in the Arid and Semi-Arid Transition Zone of the Mongo-Lian Plateau during 1982–2015. Remote Sens. 2021, 13, 4 https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13204066)
Acoustic imagery is a technique used to map the seabed. It is useful for obtaining accurate information on the morphology, relief and nature of the seafloor. (http://en.data.ifremer.fr/All-about-data/Themes/Geophysics/Acoustic-imagery)
Pathological condition that arises when one or more air bubbles block the flow of blood within a blood vessel. (Buonfiglio, G. & Lovatelli, A. 2023. A practical guide on safe hookah diving – Diving for sea cucumbers and other marine organisms. Rome, FAO. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc3789en)
The targeted process by which FAO and its Members and partners use existing and emerging knowledge, instruments, tools and practices to sustainably expand the contribution of aquatic food systems to food security, resilient aquatic ecosystems and healthy diets for all, leaving no one behind. (FAO. 2024. The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024. Blue Transformation in action. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd0683en)
Soybean meal is the by-product of the extraction of soybean oil. Several processes exist, resulting in different products. Soybean meal is usually classified for marketing by its crude protein content. There are two main categories of soybean meal, the “high-protein” soybean meal with 47-49% protein and 3% crude fiber, obtained from dehulled seeds, and the “conventional" soybean meal, with 43-44% protein, that contain the hulls. (https://www.feedipedia.org/node/674)
Flow or current produced by differences in density - usually a thermohaline current - where denser water sinks and less dense water rises to replace it. (Adapted from Johnson, R.K., B.J. Zahuranec, D. Boltovskoy and A.C. Pierrot-Bults. 2000. Glossary of Pelagic Biogeographic Terms.
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The equilibrium moisture content (EMC) of a hygroscopic material surrounded at least partially by air is the moisture content at which the material is neither gaining nor losing moisture. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equilibrium_moisture_content)
