List of aquatic ecosystem management terms

Sub-sectors and branches of aquatic ecosystem management

Aquatic ecosystems

(Ecosystems which are partially or completely covered by water.)

Fishery resources

(Aquatic resources arising from fishery activities as direct or by-products.)

Below is a glossary of 15 aquatic ecosystem management terms with definition, examples, transcription, and translations as used in the context of aquatic ecosystem management.

Aquaponics (noun)

Aquaponics: Production system that couples aquaculture (raising aquatic animals such as fish, crayfish, snails or prawns in tanks) with hydroponics (cultivating plants in water) whereby the nutrient-rich aquaculture water is fed to hydroponically-grown plants, where nitrifying bacteria convert ammonia into nitrates.... Aquaponics (read more)

Marine water (noun)

Marine water: naturally occurring water which contains a high concentration of dissolved salts, whose salinity is above 10g/l.... marine water (read more)

Fresh water (noun)

Fresh water: Naturally occurring liquid or frozen water with very low concentration in salt (less than 1,000 milligrams per litter of dissolved salts and salinity of less than 0.5), and low conductivity (conductivity often less than 200 µS/cm). It refers to all waters with low hardness including all inland aquatic systems such as streams, brooks, springs, rivers and lakes.... fresh water (read more)

Fishery resource (noun)

Fishery resource: Any harvestable natural or cultured living resource (fish, crustaceans, molluscs and algae) from marine, estuarine and fresh water environments, living in the water or on the seabed (sedentary organisms).... fishery resource (read more)

Fish (noun)

Fish: Cold-blooded aquatic vertebrate with gills, no digits, and no limbs other than fins which swims by using its fins and tail.... fish (read more)

Bay (noun)

Bay: An area of the sea or a large lake, partly surrounded by a wide curve of land. In international fisheries law, it is a well-marked indentation whose penetration is in such proportion to the width of its mouth as to contain land-locked waters and constitute more than a mere curvature of the coast, with its area as large as, or larger than, that of the semi-circle whose diameter is a line drawn across the mouth of that indentation.... bay (read more)

Sea (noun)

Sea: The salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its continents and islands ... sea (read more)

Lobster (noun)

Lobster: A large marine crustacean of the family Nephropidae with a hard shell, eight legs, and two large claws... lobster (read more)

Langoustine (noun)

Langoustine: A small orangish lobster (Nephrops norvegicus), especially used as food ... langoustine (read more)

Water (noun)

Water: a liquid without colour, smell or taste that falls as rain, is in lakes, rivers and seas, and is used for drinking, washing, etc... water (read more)

Stock (noun)

Stock: Subpopulations of a particular species of aquatic resource, for which intrinsic parameters are traditionally regarded as the significant factors determining the stock's population dynamics, while extrinsic factors are traditionally ignored.... stock (read more)

Seafood (noun)

Seafood: Crustaceans and shellfish typically found in the ocean and served as food.... Seafood (read more)

Tiger prawn (noun)

Tiger prawn: A large edible prawn of the genus Penaeus with dark bands across the body, fished commercially in the Indian and Pacific oceans.... Tiger prawn (read more)

Crustacean (noun)

Crustacean: Any of various widespread arthropods (invertebrate with jointed appendages) of the subphylum Crustacea that live mostly in water and have a hard shell, with a segmented body. Crustaceans are the largest group of marine arthropods, which include crabs, lobsters, and prawns and shrimps. ... Crustacean (read more)

Nautical (adjective)

Nautical: Connected with ships, sailors and sailing, seamanship, marine navigation.... Nautical (read more)

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