Salvia argentea, the silver sage, silver salvia, or silver clary, is a biennial or short-lived perennial plant that is native to an area in southern Europe from Portugal to Bulgaria. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia_argentea)
A balloon is a flexible membrane bag that can be inflated with a gas, such as helium, hydrogen, nitrous oxide, oxygen, or air. Some balloons are used for decorative purposes or entertaining purposes, while others are used for practical purposes such as meteorology, medical treatment, military defense, or transportation. (Wikipedia, 2024. balloon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloon)
The portion of the chromosome to which the spindle fibres attach during mitotic and meiotic division. It appears as a constriction when chromosomes contract during cell division. After chromosomal duplication, which occurs at the beginning of every mitotic and meiotic division, the two resultant chromatids are joined at the centromere. (Glossary of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, FAO Research and Technology Paper No. 7, Rome, 1999)
Is defined as the linear distance from the anterior insertion of the dorsal fin to the belly, perpendicular to the long axis of the fish. (https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2039)
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Body measurement, like length and width, not depth of water at which fish are located.
Spiromesifen (ISO common name) is a contact insecticide-acaricide belonging to the titronic acid class of compounds. (http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/agphome/documents/Pests_Pesticides/JMPR/Evaluation2016/SPIROMESIFEN.pdf)
Rural transformation can be defined as a long-term process of change in fundamental features of the way people in rural areas live and act economically, taking into consideration how they are embedded in societal and global dynamics. (Adapted from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100441 )
Fowl cholera (avian pasteurellosis) is a commonly occurring avian disease that can affect all types of birds and is distributed world-wide. Fowl cholera outbreaks often manifest as an acute fatal septicaemia, primarily in adult birds. Chronic and subclinical infections also occur. Diagnosis depends on isolation and identification of the causative bacterium, Pasteurella multocida. (https://www.woah.org/fileadmin/Home/fr/Health_standards/tahm/3.03.09_FOWL_CHOLERA.pdf)
Animal appendages are outgrowths of the body wall that are adapted for specialized functions such as feeding and locomotion. (Perspectives on the Evolutionary Origin of Tetrapod Limbs. 2001. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012730055-9/50036-7)
An ephemeral waterbody is a wetland, spring, stream, river, pond or lake that only exists for a short period following precipitation or snowmelt. They are not the same as intermittent or seasonal water bodies, which exist for longer periods, but not all year round
A bundle of compressed fibers (especially hay, straw, cotton, or wool), compacted for shipping and handling and bound by twine or wire. (Wiktionary, 2024. Bale. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bale)
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Used for straw, hay, clothes, cotton, wool. The latter two have standard sizes.
Lucerne Australian latent virus (LALV) is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Secoviridae. (Wikipedia. 2025. Lucerne Australian latent virus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucerne_Australian_latent_virus)
A mulch where the outer corky bark layer of timber trees, shredded or not, are used to cover soil surface. (http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/AGRO_00000104)
A groyne is a shore protection structure built perpendicular to the shoreline of the coast (or river), over the beach and into the shoreface (the area between the nearshore region and the inner continental shelf), to reduce longshore drift and trap sediments. (https://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/metadata/adaptation-options/groynes-breakwaters-and-artificial-reefs)
The luminescent immunoassay is a technique capable of identifying specific antigenic molecules in the sample fluid, using the antibody and antigen labeled by an enzyme. There are several types of luminescent immunoassay, including chemiluminescent analytical system (CLIA) and electrochemiluminescence Immunoassay (ECLIA). (Maedeh Kojouri, Performance of Commercially Antibody-based assays for Covid-19 Detection. 2020 - 9(6). AJBSR.MS.ID.001453. DOI: 10.34297/AJBSR.2020.09.001453.)
A fishing vessel used for setting traps, pots, pound nets, fyke nets, stow nets, various kinds of barriers, etc. (European Commission, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, (1992). Multilingual dictionary of fishing vessels and safety on board : Multilingual Dictionary, Publications Office.
https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/e8dd73c5-6071-44d5-aa71-cf83be1b9865/language-en)
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Trap setters range from open boats operating inshore up to larger decked vessels of 20-50 m operating to the edge of a continental shelf.
