Rice (Oryza sativa) is the most important cereal crop in the developing world and is the staple food of over half the world's population. (Juliano, B.O. (1993) Rice in Human Nutrition, FAO Food and Nutrition Series No. 26, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.)
Abnormal drowsiness or stupor, with response only to vigorous stimulation; a condition of indifference. (Bondad-Reantaso, M.G., McGladdery, S.E., East, I. & Subasinghe, R.P. (2001) Asia diagnostic guide to aquatic animal diseases. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper (402/2): 237 p.)
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Important symptom of an underlying condition (such as disease, stress, or poor nutrition) of both animals and humans. In fish, a state in which the fish show sluggish swimming behavior and do not respond as usual to external stimuli.
Cross-laminated timber consists of several layers of boards stacked crosswise (typically at 90 degrees) and fastened with glue, dowels or nails. CLT products are usually fabricated with three to seven layers. (Canadian Wood Council, 2020. The Case for Tall Wood Buildings, second edition. https://cwc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Second-Edition-The-Case-for-Tall-Wood-Buildings.pdf)
An ephemeral lake is one that only exists for a short period following precipitation or snowmelt. It is not the same as an intermittent or seasonal lake, which exists for longer periods, but is not perennial.
Physical and economic displacement includes (a) involuntary restrictions on land use and access to natural resources that cause a community or groups within a community to lose access to resource usage where they have traditional or recognizable usage rights; (b) restrictions on access to land and water, or use of other resources, including communal property and natural resources such as marine and aquatic resources, timber and non-timber forest products, freshwater, medicinal plants, hunting and gathering grounds and grazing and cropping areas, physical, cultural and spiritual sites. (FAO. 2022. Framework for Environmental and Social Management. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cb9870en)
The potential vorticity is absolute vorticity divided by the vertical spacing between levels of constant (potential) temperature (or entropy). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorticity)
The record derives from WCSP (in review) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Seznam 72 1852. (http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2572670)
Elodea nuttallii is a species of waterweed known by the common name western waterweed or Nuttall's waterweed. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elodea_nuttallii)
The trophic state is defined as the total weight of biomass in a given water body at the time of measurement. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trophic_state_index)
Liquid product produced from the whole fish or parts of it, to which acids, enzymes or lactic acid-producing bacteria are added, with the liquefaction of the mass provoked by the action of enzymes from the fish. (Olsen, R.L. & Toppe, J. 2017. Fish silage hydrolysates: Not only a feed nutrient, but also a useful feed additive. Trends in Food Science and Technology, 66: 93–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2017.06.003)
A marker bouy is a floating devise used to indicate the location of something, mainly as a navigational aid. It may have colouration and lights to help identify it. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buoy)
