Monomictic lakes are holomictic lakes that mix from top to bottom during one mixing period each year. (Wikipedia, 2024 Monomictic lake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomictic_lake)
The Raeini Cashmere goat is a small-sized native Iranian breed that produces white, light brown, and dark brown Cashmere. The Raeini Cashmere goat is a dual-purpose breed, producing both meat and Cashmere, and is mainly found in southern and southeastern Iran. (https://webs.ucm.es/info/prodanim/html/JP_Web_archivos/TAHP.pdf)
Thermokarst refers to a permafrost related landscape characterized by a peculiar topography of pits, hummocks, depressions, and small ponds caused by the melting of ground ice and the settling or caving of the ground surface. Thermokarst also refers to the process by which these characteristic landforms result from the thawing of ice-rich permafrost or the melting of massive ice. (Adapted from: The University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2023. Glossary https://www.arcticatlas.org/glossary/ and van Everdingen, R.O. (1998) Multi-Language Glossary of Permafrost and Related Ground- Ice Terms. http://globalcryospherewatch.org/reference/glossary_docs/Glossary_of_Permafrost_and_Ground-Ice_IPA_2005.pdf)
Any record that is not stored digitally, which could include records on paper, microfilm, or even clay tablets, as well as a record stored on nondigital electronic tape, disc, or wire. (Society of American Archivists. 2025. Analog record. https://dictionary.archivists.org/entry/analog-record.html)
Aquatic ecology includes the study of relationships between individuals of the same species, between different species, and between organisms and their physical and chemical environments in all aquatic environments, including oceans, estuaries, lakes, ponds, wetlands, rivers, and streams. (http://www.ramp-alberta.org/river/ecology/aquatic+ecology.aspx)
Microbiological contamination: the presence, introduction, reintroduction, growth and/ or survival of pathogens of public health concern. (Technical guidance for the development of the growing area aspects of Bivalve Mollusc Sanitation Programmes, Food Safety and Quality Series No. 5, FAO/WHO, 2018 (http://www.fao.org/3/CA1213EN/ca1213en.pdf).)
A gravity-based structure (GBS) or gravity platofrm is a support structure held in place by gravity, most notably offshore oil platforms. These structures are often constructed in fjords due to their protected area and sufficient depth. (Adapted from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity-based_structure)
A measure of scientific precision, exactness, or correctness of quantitative or qualitative values, relative to the actual or true measurements. (https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/316707)
ABA. A phytohormone, implicated in, among other things, the regulation of induced defence responses in plants. CAS NO. 21293-29-8. (Adapted from British Society for Plant Pathology, Glossary, Abscisic acid. 2022. https://www.bspp.org.uk/glossary/virulent/CAS NO. 21293-29-8)
Velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti) is a weed historically native to Asia and India. Velvetleaf is a member of the Malvaceae (Mallow) family and is named for the pubescence on their leaves which give them a velvety feel. (Michigan State University Extension. 2023. Biology and Management of Velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti) in Christmas Tree Production. https://www.canr.msu.edu/christmas_trees/uploads/files/41_Weed%20Velvetleaf.pdf)
Fluvisols accommodate genetically young soils in fluvial, lacustrine or marine deposits. Despite their name, Fluvisols are not restricted to river sediments (Latin fluvius, river); they also occur in lacustrine and marine deposits. Many Fluvisols correlate with Alluvial soils (Russia), Stratic Rudosols (Australia), Fluvents (United States of America), Auenböden (Germany), Neossolos (Brazil), and Sols minéraux bruts d’apport alluvial ou colluvial or Sols peu évolués non climatiques d’apport alluvial ou colluvial 158 World reference base for soil resources 2014 (France). The position of Fluvisols in the key was changed several times during history of FAO and WRB classification systems. The current 3rd edition of WRB puts them further down and shifts some former Fluvisols to other RSGs, especially to Solonchaks and Gleysols. (IUSS Working Group WRB. 2015. World Reference Base for Soil Resources 2014, update 2015 International soil classification system for naming soils and creating legends for soil maps. World Soil Resources Reports No. 106. FAO, Rome.)
