Glossary (eng)
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| Bedrock | Коренные породы | Aluspõhi | Kallioperä | A general term for the rock, usually solid, that underlies soil or other unconsolidated, superficial material. |
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| Bench | Бенч | Bentš | Pengermä, penger | A level or gently sloping plane; a shelf-like area of rock with steeper slopes above and below. |
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| Benthic | Бентический, бентосный, донный | Bentaal | Benttinen | Bottom-dwelling, pertaining to the sea, lake or river bed. |
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| Benthic-pelagic coupling | Взаимодействие между дном и водной толщей | Bentaal-pelaagiline ühendus | Benttisen vyöhykkeen ja ulappavesien vuorovaikutus | The cycling of nutrients between the bottom sediments and overlying water column. |
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| Benthos | Бентос | Põhjaelustik (ehk bentos) | Pohjaeläimistö | Organisms which live on the bottom of a water body, in it or near it. |
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| Benthoscape | Бентошафт | - | Benthoscape | Benthoscape is comprised of suites of seabed habitats, where organisms live within or on the seabed, that consistently occur together. Sea Seascape, Marine landscape. |
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| Beta (β) diversity | Бета (β ) разнообразие | Beeta(β)mitmekesisus | Beeta-(β)diversiteetti | The species diversity measured between two or more sites within a bioregion.See also Biodiversity. |
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| Biocoenosis | Биоценоз | Biotsönoos | Biokenoosi | (also biocoenose or biocenose) "Living community"; formulated in 1877 by KarlMöbius, it is a concept synonymous with the modern term "ecosystem." |
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| Biodiversity | Биоразнообразие, биологическое разнообразие | Bioloogiline mitmekesisus | Biodiversiteetti, monimuotoisuus | Biological diversity; used by marine conservationists most commonly with respect to species diversity. Biodiversity can also encompass habitat or community diversity and genetic diversity within a species. With respect to measuring species diversity at increasingly broad spatial scales, α (alpha)-diversity refers to species diversity measured at the local scale comparing specific sites from different bioregions; beta-diversity refers to species diversity comparing sites from within a bioregion; and gamma-diversity refers to speciesdiversity comparing different bioregions measured at a number of sites. |
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| Biogenic | Биогенный | Biogeenne | Biogeeninen, eloperäinen | In geology, sediments or sedimentary rocks of biological origin, including in particular calcium carbonate and biogenic silica (opal). |