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Water that has fallen as or been obtained from rain. (FAOLEX. 2025. Glossary https://www.fao.org/faolex/)

Ocean waters nearshore; the ocean region covering the continental shelves (cf neritic). (ohnson, R.K., B.J. Zahuranec, D. Boltovskoy and A.C. Pierrot-Bults. 2000. Glossary of Pelagic Biogeographic Terms. https://scor-int.org/Working_Groups/WG93_Glossary.pdf)

Liming is the application (to soil) of calcium- and magnesium-rich materials in various forms, including marl, chalk, limestone, or hydrated lime. In acid soils, these materials react as a base and neutralize soil acidity. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liming_(soil))

The act or fact of shrinking, to contract or lessen in size. (FAO, 2017. A guide to the eggs and larvae of 100 common Western Mediterranean Sea bony fish species https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/i7708en)

An electrolyte is a medium containing ions that is electrically conducting through the movement of ions, but not conducting electrons. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolyte)

The identification of different bacteria types based on reaction to biochemical tests. (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/biotyping)

Cladosporiosis may be defined as infection of the central nervous system and meninges by Cladosporia, and the fungi causing chromoblastomycosis (Cladosporium, Hormodendrum, Phialophora, Fonsecaea). (Human Infection with Fungi, Actinomycetes and Algae, pp.701-718)

Introduction of clones which have been translocated by human agency into lands or waters where they have not lived previously, at least during historic times. (Adapted from https://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/en/concept/10660)

The movement of colloidal particles through a fluid under the action of an electric field or the process of separating biomolecules based on the electical charge and size. The technique is used to determine protein phenotypes and genotypes. (FAO. 2008. Glossary of aquaculture. https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/a1555m)