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| Page | Term | Abb | Definition | SourceURL | Type | Pronunciation | AudioFile | Synonym | Sentence | Article | RelatedURL | ImageFile | Poster | Postdate | TermID |
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| Glossary:Abiotic factors | abiotic factors | non-living characteristics of a habitat or ecosystem that affect organisms' life processes. | noun | Admin | 20191106104505 | 20191106104505 | |||||||||
| Glossary:Adaptation | adaptation | a behavior or physical trait that evolved by natural selection and increases an organism’s ability to survive and reproduce in a specific environment. | noun | ad·ap·ta·tion /ˌadapˈtāSH(ə)n | Admin | 20200218072937 | A | ||||||||
| Glossary:Aeration | aeration | The process of exposing water to air, allowing air and water to mix and water to absorb the gasses in air. | noun | aer·a·tion / eˈrāSH(ə)n | Admin | 20200218073618 | A | ||||||||
| Glossary:Aerobic | aerobic | with air, oxygen. | noun | aer·o·bic / əˈrōbik,eˈrōbik | Admin | 20191106104542 | 20191106104542 | ||||||||
| Glossary:Algae | algae | a simple, nonflowering, and typically aquatic plant of a large group that includes the seaweeds and many single-celled forms. | noun | al·ga / ˈalɡə | Harmful alga blooms (HABs) in the Indian River Lagoon killed the seagrass and had detrimental effects on fish and wildlife. | Admin | 20191106104920 | 20191106104920 | |||||||
| Glossary:Anadromous | anadromous | fish that live their adult lives in the ocean but move into freshwater streams to reproduce or spawn. | adjective | a·nad·ro·mous / əˈnadrəməs | Admin | 20191106105538 | 20191106105538 | ||||||||
| Glossary:Anerobic | anerobic | without air, no oxygen. | noun | an·aer·o·bic /ˌanəˈrōbik | Admin | 20191106105848 | 20191106105848 | ||||||||
| Glossary:Anthropogenic | anthropogenic | arising from human activity. | noun | an·thro·po·gen·ic /ˌanTHrəpōˈjenik | Admin | 20191106110605 | 20191106110605 | ||||||||
| Glossary:Association of National Estuary Programs | Association of National Estuary Programs | ANEP | Association of National Estuary Programs (ANEP) works with the EPA's National Estuary Program (NEP) to restore and protect estuaries of significant importance. | Admin | 20200207121619 | ||||||||||
| Glossary:Backshore | backshore | That part of the beach that is usually dry, being reached only by the highest tides, and by extension, a narrow strip of relatively flat coast bordering the sea. * The area of a shore that lies between the average high tide mark and the vegetation. | noun | The backshore is only exposed to waves under extreme events with high tide and storm surge. | Admin | 20191106081644 | 20191106081644 | ||||||||
| Glossary:Baffle box | baffle box | An underground stormwater management device that uses barriers (or baffles) to slow the flow of untreated stormwater, allowing particulates to settle in the box before the stormwater is released into the environment. | noun | The largest nutrient-separating baffle box east of the Mississippi River is on Cliff Creek in Melbourne, Florida. | History:Cliff Creek Baffle Box Installation Completed 2020-06-10 | Admin | 20201012185723 | B | |||||||
| Glossary:Bank | bank | Edge of a cut or fill; the margin of the watercourse; an elevation of the seafloor located on a continental shelf or an island shelf and over which the depth of water is relatively shallow but sufficient for safe surface navigation (reefs or shoals, dangerous to surface navigation may arise above the general depths of a bank). | noun | baNGk | The river bank was covered in dead seagrass. | Admin | 20191106081936 | B | |||||||
| Glossary:Bar-built estuary | bar-built estuary | areas where sandbars form parallel to the shore, partly enclosing the water behind them as the sandbars become islands. | noun | Indian River Lagooon is a bar-built estuary. | Admin | 20191106110921 | 20191106110921 | ||||||||
| Glossary:Barrier island | barrier island | A long, narrow, sandy island that is above high tide and parallel to the shore that commonly has dunes, vegetated zones, and swampy terrains extending lagoonward from the beach. | noun | Brevard's beach barrier island seperates the Atlantic Ocean from the Indian River. | Admin | 20191106080343 | 20191106080343 | ||||||||
| Glossary:Basin Management Action Plan | Basin Management Action Plan | BMAP | A Basin Management Action Plan, or BMAP, is a comprehensive set of site-specific strategies to reduce or eliminate pollutant loadings and restore particular waterbodies to health. | Admin | 20200207105112 | abb | |||||||||
| Glossary:Bathymetry | bathymetry | Science of measuring water depths (usually in the ocean) in order to determine bottom topography. * Bathymetry is the study of the "beds" or "floors" of water bodies, including the ocean, rivers, streams, and lakes. | noun | ba·thym·e·try / bəˈTHimətrē | submarine topography | Bathymetry is the foundation of the science of hydrography, which measures the physical features of a water body. | Admin | 20191106082502 | B | ||||||
| Glossary:Beach | beach | Zone of unconsolidated material that extends landward from the low water line to the place where there is marked changes in material or physiographic form, or to the line of permanent vegetation (usually the effective limit of storm waves). A beach includes foreshore and backshore. | noun | bēCH | Canova Beach sand grains are large and course because of the coquina rock reef offshore. | Admin | 20191106083006 | 20191106083006 | |||||||
| Glossary:Beach berm | beach berm | Nearly horizontal portion of the beach or backshore formed by the deposit of materials by wave action. Some beaches have no berms, others have one or several. | noun | Admin | 20191106084514 | 20191106084514 | |||||||||
| Glossary:Benthos | benthos | bottom-dwelling flora and fauna; from tiniest microbenthos (bacteria) to medium-sized meiobenthos (nematode worms) to the highly visible macrobenthos (clams, polychaete worms). | noun | ben·thos / ˈbenTHäs | Admin | 20191106111120 | 20191106111120 | ||||||||
| Glossary:Berm | berm | Nearly horizontal portion of a beach or backshore having an abrupt fall and formed by wave deposition of material and marking the limit of ordinary high tides. | noun | bərm | dune | Admin | 20191106084616 | 20191106084616 | |||||||
| Glossary:Biodiversity | biodiversity | the number and variety of living things in an environment. | noun | bi·o·di·ver·si·ty /ˌbīōdiˈvərsədē,ˌbīōˌdīˈvərsədē | Admin | 20200218074525 | B | ||||||||
| Glossary:Biofilter | biofilter | living material or an organism that captures and biologically degrades pollutants. | noun | Admin | 20200218075007 | B | |||||||||
| Glossary:Biogeochemical | biogeochemical | relating to or denoting the cycle in which chemical elements and simple substances are transferred between living systems and the environment. | adjective | bi·o·ge·o·chem·i·cal /ˌbīōˌjēōˈkemək(ə)l | Admin | 20200207155758 | B | ||||||||
| Glossary:Biosphere | biosphere | the part of the world in which life can exist; living organisms and their environment. | noun | bi·o·sphere / ˈbīəˌsfir | Admin | 20200218075054 | B | ||||||||
| Glossary:Biota | biota | the animal and plant life of a particular region, habitat, or geological period. | noun | bi·o·ta / bīˈōdə | biome, flora, fauna | While estuaries are extremely productive, other features also affect the composition of the biota. | Admin | 20191105072102 | 20191105072102 | ||||||
| Glossary:Biotic | biotic | of or having to do with life or living organisms; organic. | adjective | bi·ot·ic / bīˈädik | Admin | 20200218075327 | B | ||||||||
| Glossary:Boat | boat | A boat is any vessel or conveyance that floats on or operates on the water and is under 197 feet (60 meters) length overall (LOA). A boat may be used for pleasure, commercial, or residential purposes. Boat is synonymous with small craft in marine use. | noun | bōt | small craft | Admin | 20201015093655 | B | |||||||
| Glossary:Brackish | brackish | brackish water occurs in areas, usually estuaries and lagoons, where salt water oceans and fresh water rivers mix together. | noun | brack·ish / ˈbrakiSH | brine, saline | Brackish water has more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater. | Admin | 20191105064500 | 20191105064500 | ||||||
| Glossary:Causeway | causeway | a raised road or track across low or wet ground. | noun | cause·way / ˈkôzˌwā | Bermed causeways impede the lagoon's water flow and it's ability to flush out pollution. | Admin | 20191105081425 | 20191105081425 | |||||||
| Glossary:Centralized Wastewater Treatment System | centralized wastewater treatment system | A managed system consisting of collection sewers and a single treatment plant used to collect and treat wastewater from an entire service area. Traditionally, such a system has been called a publicly owned treatment works | noun | Admin | 20191116210948 | 20191116210948 | |||||||||
| Glossary:Channel | channel | a dredged passageway within a coastal bay that allows maritime navigation. | noun | chan·nel / ˈCHanl | The Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) is a dredged channel in the Indian River Lagoon. | Admin | 20200218075830 | C | |||||||
| Glossary:Chlorophyll | chlorophyll | a green pigment found in algae, plants and other organisms that carry on photosynthesis; enables plants to absorb energy from light. | noun | chlo·ro·phyll / ˈklôrəˌfil | Admin | 20200218080337 | C | ||||||||
| Glossary:Citizen Oversight Committee | Citizen Oversight Committee | COC | The Citizen Oversight Committee (COC) oversees the Save Our Indian River Lagoon (SOIRL) program in Brevard County. | Admin | 20200207121333 | abb | |||||||||
| Glossary:Clean Water Act | Clean Water Act | CWA | The Clean Water Act is a 1977 amendment to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, which set the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants to waters of the United States. | Admin | 20201012192143 | ||||||||||
| Glossary:Coast | coast | General region of indefinite width that extends from the sea inland to the first major change in terrain features | noun | kōst | The Indian River Lagoon Estuary spans 40% of Florida's East Coast. | Admin | 20191106085522 | C | |||||||
| Glossary:Coastal zone | coastal zone | coastal waters and adjacent shorelands including islands, inter-tidal areas, salt marshes, wetlands, and beaches. | noun | Admin | 20191106085920 | 20191106085920 | |||||||||
| Glossary:Coliform Bacteria | coliform bacteria | A group of bacteria predominantly inhabiting the intestines of humans or other warm-blooded animals, but also occasionally found elsewhere. Used as an indicator of human fecal contamination. | noun | Admin | 20191116211205 | 20191116211205 | |||||||||
| Glossary:Commercial fishing | commercial fishing | fishing for a commercial purpose, i.e. to sell the catch | noun | Admin | 20191107180241 | 20191107180241 | |||||||||
| Glossary:Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan | Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan | CCMP | The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) identifies a region's priority environmental issues and the actions needed to solve them. | Admin | 20200207102837 | abb | |||||||||
| Glossary:Condensation | condensation | the process in which water vapor changes into liquid water (such as dew, fog, or cloud droplets). | noun | con·den·sa·tion / känˌdenˈsāSH(ə)n | Admin | 20191107180400 | C | ||||||||
| Glossary:Conservation | conservation | careful preservation and protection of ecological processes and biodiversity of the environment. | noun | con·ser·va·tion / ˌkänsərˈvāSH(ə)n | Admin | 20191107180705 | C | ||||||||
| Glossary:Contamination | contamination | an undesirable element, impure or unclean, something that is not supposed to be there (such as oil or insecticides in water). | noun | con·tam·i·na·tion / kənˌtaməˈnāSH(ə)n | Admin | 20191107180536 | C | ||||||||
| Glossary:Cove | cove | A small, narrow sheltered bay or recess in an estuary, often inside a larger embayment | noun | kōv | bay | The mouth of Turkey Creek formed a cove known as Palm Bay. | Admin | 20191106074251 | C | ||||||
| Glossary:Craft | craft | Craft are any vessel or conveyance that operate in a fluid medium or a vacuum. Thus, boats are craft; aircraft are craft; and spaceships, spacecraft, and space capsules are craft. When applied to vessels or conveyances that float on the water, a craft is any boat or ship of any size or type and of any use. | noun | kraft | boat ship vessel watercraft | People in watercraft can see people in spacecraft launched into orbit from Florida's Space Coast. | Admin | 20201015205243 | C | ||||||
| Glossary:Crustacean | crustacean | anthropods having hard-shelled bodies and jointed ligaments such as crabs, shrimp and lobsters. | noun | crus·ta·cean / krəˈstāSH(ə)n | Admin | 20191107181142 | C | ||||||||
| Glossary:Current | current | large-scale circulation of water caused by thermodynamics and winds. | noun | cur·rent / ˈkərənt | Admin | 20191107181605 | 20191107181605 | ||||||||
| Glossary:Dam | dam | a barrier constructed to hold back water and raise its level, forming a reservoir used to generate electricity or as a water supply. | noun | dam | levee, dike | Herbert Hoover Dike (HHD) is a 143-mile earthen dam that surrounds Lake Okeechobee. | Admin | 20191106093035 | D | ||||||
| Glossary:Decompose | decompose | to decay or rot; to break down or separate into smaller or simpler components. | verb | de·com·pose /ˌdēkəmˈpōz | Admin | 20200218080736 | D | ||||||||
| Glossary:Decomposer | decomposer | an organism that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter, thus making organic nutrients available to the ecosystem. | noun | de·com·pos·er /ˌdēkəmˈpōzər | Admin | 20191107181937 | D | ||||||||
| Glossary:Decomposition | decomposition | the process of decaying or rotting; breaking down or separating a substance into smaller or simpler components. | noun | de·com·po·si·tion /dēˌkämpəˈziSH(ə)n | Admin | 20200218081125 | D | ||||||||
| Glossary:Delta | delta | a low-lying sediment deposit found at the mouth of a river. | noun | del·ta / ˈdeltə | Admin | 20191107182142 | D | ||||||||
| Glossary:Department of Interior | Department of Interior | DOI | The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) conserves and manages the Nation’s natural resources and cultural heritage for the benefit and enjoyment of the American people. | Admin | 20200207121839 | abb | |||||||||
| Glossary:Desiccation | desiccation | loss of water. | noun | des·ic·ca·tion /ˌdesəˈkāSHən | Admin | 20191107182358 | D | ||||||||
| Glossary:Detritus | detritus | newly dead or decaying organic matter coated with bacteria. | noun | de·tri·tus / dəˈtrīdəs | Detritus trapped by bermed causeways create a strong odor in the summer. | Admin | 20191107182817 | D | |||||||
| Glossary:Diatoms | diatom | one of most common groups of phytoplankton; single-celled organism that reproduces asexually. | noun | di·a·tom / ˈdīəˌtäm | Admin | 20191107183229 | D | ||||||||
| Glossary:Dike | dike | an embankment for controlling or holding back the waters of the sea or a river: * a ditch. * a bank of earth formed of material being excavated. * a causeway. | noun | dīk | levee | The dike system consists of 143 miles of levee, hurricane gates and other water control structures. | Admin | 20191106092315 | D | ||||||
| Glossary:Dinoflagellates | dinoflagellates | common type of phytoplankton, most abundant in fall; responsible for “red tides” as well as bioluminescence. | noun | din·o·flag·el·late /ˌdīnōˈflajəlit,-ˌlāt | Admin | 20191107183428 | 20191107183428 | ||||||||
| Glossary:Diverse | diverse | of different kinds, types, or species. | adjective | di·verse / dəˈvərs,dīˈvərs | The Indian River Lagoon Estuary is the most bio-diverse habitat in North America. | Admin | 20191107183715 | D | |||||||
| Glossary:Drain field | drain field | Shallow, covered, excavation made in unsaturated soil into which pretreated wastewater is discharged through distribution piping for application onto soil infiltration surfaces through porous media or manufactured (gravelless) components placed in the excavations. The soil accepts, treats, and disperses wastewater as it percolates through the soil, ultimately discharging to groundwater. | noun | Admin | 20191116211306 | 20191116211306 | |||||||||
| Glossary:Drawbridge | drawbridge | a bridge withspans that can be raised up, let down, or drawn aside so as to permit tall watercraft to pass | noun | draw·bridge / ˈdrôˌbrij | causeway bridge, lift span | Haulover Canal bridge is a double span drawbridge. | Admin | 20191105083848 | D | ||||||
| Glossary:Dredged channel | dredged channel | A roughly linear, deep water area formed by a dredging operation for navigation purposes | noun | The Indian River Intracoastal Waterway is a dredged channel. | Admin | 20191106074052 | 20191106074052 | ||||||||
| Glossary:Dredging | dredge | an excavation or digging activity carried out at least partly underwater in shallow water areas to move bottom materials from one place to another; often used to keep waterways deep enough for boat passage. | verb | drej | Dredge projects remove muck and detritus from the Indian River Lagoon tributaries. | Admin | 20200218081536 | D | |||||||
| Glossary:Ebb | ebb | the falling tide when the water moves out to the sea and the water level lowers. | noun | eb | Admin | 20191107185352 | E | ||||||||
| Glossary:Echolocation | echolocation | biological sonar used by several kinds of animals where the animal makes sounds and listens to the echoes of those sounds that return from bouncing off objects near them. These echoes can be used to locate and identify prey and objects, and be used in navigating through their environment. | noun | ech·o·lo·ca·tion /ˌekōlōˈkāSH(ə)n | Bats, whales and dolphins are examples of animals that echolocate. | Admin | 20200218173635 | E | |||||||
| Glossary:Ecosystem | ecosystem | the biotic community and its abiotic environment. | noun | ec·o·sys·tem / ˈēkōˌsistəm | Admin | 20191107185659 | E | ||||||||
| Glossary:Ecotourism | ecotourism | travel undertaken to witness sites or regions of unique natural or ecologic quality. Often it is environmentally responsible travel that benefits nature and local communities. | noun | ec·o·tour·ism /ˌekōˈto͝orizəm,ˈēkōˌto͝orizəm,ˈekōˌto͝orizəm | Admin | 20191107185925 | E | ||||||||
| Glossary:Effluent | effluent | Sewage, water, or other liquid, partially or completely treated or in its natural state, flowing out of a septic tank, subsurface wastewater infiltration system, aerobic treatment unit, or other treatment system or system component. | noun | ef·flu·ent / ˈeflo͞oənt | Admin | 20191116211343 | E | ||||||||
| Glossary:Elasmobranch | elasmobranch | approximately 400 species of fish, including sharks and rays that have skeletons made of cartilage. | noun | e·las·mo·branch / əˈlazməˌbraNGk | Admin | 20191107190633 | E | ||||||||
| Glossary:Environmental Protection Agency | Environmental Protection Agency | EPA | An agency of the United States federal government whose mission is to protect human and environmental health. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the EPA is responsible for creating standards and laws promoting the health of individuals and the environment. | Admin | 20191104110306 | abb | |||||||||
| Glossary:Environmental Protection Agency | Environmental Protection Agency | EPA | An agency of the United States federal government whose mission is to protect human and environmental health. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the EPA is responsible for creating standards and laws promoting the health of individuals and the environment. | Admin | 20191104110306 | ||||||||||
| Glossary:Epibenthos | epibenthos | organisms that live on the bottom, rather than burrowed into, of an aquatic system. | noun | ep·i·ben·thos /ˌepəˈbenTHäs | Admin | 20191107190342 | E | ||||||||
| Glossary:Erode | erode | the wearing away of the land by the action of water, ice or wind. | verb | e·rode / əˈrōd | Admin | 20191107191755 | E | ||||||||
| Glossary:Erosion | erosion | Transportation of weathered (decomposed) rock material or soil by natural forces. | noun | e·ro·sion / əˈrōZHən | There are reports of widespread beach erosion in Brevard County after Hurricane Dorian. | Admin | 20191106090137 | E | |||||||
| Glossary:Estuarine | estuarine | of, relating to, or formed in an estuary | adjective | es·tu·a·rine / ˈes-chə-(wə-)ˌrīn | Admin | 20191107191957 | E | ||||||||
| Glossary:Estuarine habitat | estuarine habitat | habitats associated with estuaries. | noun | Admin | 20191107192148 | 20191107192148 | |||||||||
| Glossary:Estuary | estuary | Estuaries and their surrounding wetlands are bodies of water usually found where rivers meet the sea. Estuaries are home to unique plant and animal communities that have adapted to brackish water—a mixture of fresh water draining from the land and salty seawater. | noun | ˈesCHəˌwerē | bay, lagoon, sound, slough | An estuary is an area where a freshwater river or stream meets the ocean. | Admin | 20191104111935 | E | ||||||
| Glossary:Euryhaline | euryhaline | able to live at a variety of salinities. | adjective | eu·ry·ha·line / ˌyərəˈhālīn,-ˈhal- | Admin | 20191107192411 | E | ||||||||
| Glossary:Eutrophication | eutrophication | process by which large additions of nutrients causes an overgrowth of algae and subsequent depletion of oxygen. | noun | eu·troph·i·ca·tion / yo͞oˌträfəˈkāSH(ə)n | Admin | 20191107193329 | E | ||||||||
| Glossary:Exoskeleton | exoskeleton | a hard outer covering. | noun | ex·o·skel·e·ton / ˌeksəˈskelətn | Admin | 20191107194341 | E | ||||||||
| Glossary:External Loading | external loading | Pollutants originating from outside a waterbody that contribute to the pollutant load of the waterbody. | noun | Admin | 20201012192949 | E | |||||||||
| Glossary:Florida Atlantic University | Florida Atlantic University | FAU | Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Fort Pierce, Florida is home to the Harbor Branch (HB) Oceanographic Institute whose Indian River Lagoon Observatory (IRLO) is monitoring the southern IRL water quality in real-time. | Admin | 20200207140019 | ||||||||||
| Glossary:Florida Department of Environmental Protection | Florida Department of Environmental Protection | DEP | The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is the state’s lead agency for environmental management and stewardship, protecting our air, water and land. | Admin | 20200207140953 | ||||||||||
| Glossary:Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission | Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission | FWC | The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) and its partners are working to increase and diversify participation in hunting and fishing throughout Florida in an effort known as R3 or recruitment, retention, and reactivation. | Admin | 20200207140742 | ||||||||||
| Glossary:Florida Institute of Technology | Florida Institute of Technology | FIT | Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) in Melbourne, Florida is home of the Indian River Lagoon Reseach Institute (IRLRI) who researches and monitors the central Indian River Lagoon. | Admin | 20200207140218 | abb | |||||||||
| Glossary:Food chain | food chain | a representation of the flow of energy between producers, consumers, and decomposers. | noun | Admin | 20191107200640 | 20191107200640 | |||||||||
| Glossary:Foreshore | foreshore | the area between mean low water and mean high water. | noun | fore·shore / ˈfôrSHôr | Admin | 20191109211901 | F | ||||||||
| Glossary:Frontal dune | frontal dune | the dune closest to the water's edge. | noun | Admin | 20191109212146 | 20191109212146 | |||||||||
| Glossary:Fry | fry | newly hatched fish. | noun | frī | Admin | 20200218174432 | F | ||||||||
| Glossary:Gastropod | gastropod | one of a class of mollusks that includes the snails and nudibranchs. | noun | gas·tro·pod / ˈɡastrəˌpäd | Admin | 20191109212241 | G | ||||||||
| Glossary:Gill | gill | the paired respiratory organ of fishes and some amphibians, by which oxygen is extracted from water flowing over surfaces within or attached to the walls of the pharynx. | noun | ɡil | Admin | 20191109212628 | G | ||||||||
| Glossary:Graywater | graywater | Wastewater drained from sinks, tubs, showers, dishwashers, clothes washers, and other non-toilet sources. | noun | Admin | 20191116211436 | 20191116211436 | |||||||||
| Glossary:Groundwater | groundwater | water contained below ground in soil and rock. | noun | ground·wa·ter / ˈɡroundˌwôdər | Admin | 20191109212851 | G | ||||||||
| Glossary:Habitat | habitat | the natural environment in which an organism normally lives, including the surroundings and other physical conditions needed to sustain it. | noun | hab·i·tat / ˈhabəˌtat | Admin | 20200218174749 | H | ||||||||
| Glossary:Halophyte | halophyte | a plant that grows in waters of high salinity. | noun | hal·o·phyte / ˈhaləˌfīt | Admin | 20200218175059 | H | ||||||||
| Glossary:Harmful algae bloom | harmful algae bloom | HAB | Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are the rapid growth of algae that can cause harm to animals, people, or the local ecology. A HAB can look like foam, scum, or mats on the surface of water and can be different colors. HABs can produce toxins that have caused a variety of illnesses in people and animals. HABs can occur in warm fresh, marine, or brackish waters with abundant nutrients and are becoming more frequent with climate change. | noun | Harmful algae blooms are caused by organisms called phytoplankton, some of which can produce toxins | Admin | 20200126213123 | h | |||||||
| Glossary:Herbivore | herbivore | an animal that eats plants. | noun | her·biv·ore / ˈ(h)ərbəˌvôr | Admin | 20191109213137 | H | ||||||||
| Glossary:High marsh | high marsh | the area of the marsh flooded infrequently by the high tides associated with new and full moon. | noun | Admin | 20191109213346 | 20191109213346 | |||||||||
| Glossary:High water mark | high water mark | A line or mark left upon tide flats, beach, or along shore objects indicating the elevation of the intrusion of high water. The mark may be a line of oil or scum on along shore objects, or a more or less continuous deposit of fine shell or debris on the fore shore or berm. This mark is physical evidence of the general height reached by wave run up at recent high waters. It should not be confused with the mean high water line or mean higher high water line. | noun | The seaweed was deposited at the high water mark. | Admin | 20191106090619 | 20191106090619 | ||||||||
| Glossary:Human impact | human impact | impacts arising from human activity; often referring to negative impacts on the environment. | noun | Admin | 20191109213426 | 20191109213426 | |||||||||
| Glossary:Hypoxic | hypoxic | very low oxygen levels. | noun | hy·pox·i·a / hīˈpäksēə | Admin | 20191109213508 | H |
