Sõnastik (inglise)

(Also spelled "fiord") Long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between steep slopes formed by glacial erosion.

A shallow basin completely surrounded by land, leaving one or a few narrow openings to the sea slowly turning into land (The Glossary of Baltic universityhttp://www.balticuniv.uu.se/environmentalscience/index.htm)

Inundation in result from increase water in lakes, rivers, sea and ocean, generated by strong rain, melting of ice, wind seiche and ect. Some flood may be dangerous for health of people and may be cause of devastating consequences in coastal zone.

The network of feeding relationships within an ecosystem or a community i.e. the predator-prey relationships.

Are single-celled Protists with shells ("tests").

In genetics, the principle whereby a daughter population or migrant population may differ in genetic composition from its parent population because the founders of the daughter population were not a representative sample of the parent population. For example, if only blue-eyed inhabitants of a town whose residents included brown-eyed people decided to found a new town, their descendants would all be blue-eyed. Source: http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/214776/founder-principle

(1) Is naturally occurringwateron theEarth's surface onice sheets,ice caps,glaciers,icebergs,bogs,ponds,lakes,riversandstreams, and underground as groundwaterinaquifersand underground streams. Fresh water is generally characterized by having lowconcentrationsof dissolvedsaltsand othertotal dissolved solids. The term specifically excludesseawaterandbrackish water. (2) Waters with mineralization (seeMineralization) that is below 1g per dm3 (Russian Federation GOST 27075-86).

Species diversity comparing different bioregions measured at a numberof sites. See also Biodiversity.

Gas seeping from the sediment deposits e.g. from organic material.

Changes in allele frequencies that can be ascribed to random effects.