Terminology
From Salish Sea Wiki
- alluvium
- gravel, sand and finer materials moved and sorted by rivers and streams
- barrier-type embayment
- an embayment formed in part by a barrier beach
- barrier beach
- a beach formed in the absence of a eroding bluff through transport
- bluff-backed beach
- a beach backed by a bluff, indicating opportunity for waves to recruit sediment
- CFR
- Code of Federal Regulation, published in the Federal Register Notice by executive agencies to implement law (sometimes called Administrative Law)
- convergence zone
- where beach sediment flowing in from two directions accumulates, frequently forming barrier beaches
- delta process unit
- a delta landform including surrounding shallow water, uplands and the extent of tidal influence, including the watershed providing freshwater inputs
- dissolved oxygen
- the level of oxygen gas present in water, indicating its ability to support aquatic life.
- divergence zone
- a beach facing winter storms such that beach sediment flow diverges in two direction--often containing eroding bluffs
- drift cell;drift cells
- a length of shoreline containing a single complete sediment transport system including eroding banks, beaches, and deposition areas, with sediment flowing in the direction of prevailing waves.
- ecosystem site
- a unit from the nearshore project or watershed characterization watersheds that defines a ecologically cohesive site for management
- ELJ;Engineered Log Jams;ELJs
- Log structures build in a river or floodplain to provide the pool forming and other geomorphic functions of naturally occurring log jams, but where natural wood budgets have been degraded and don't support natural jam formation.
- fecal coliform
- bacteria associated with feces that indicate the likelihood that drinking water will cause a bacterial infection.
- inlet process unit
- an embayment landform, commonly a drowned stream valley, and the watershed providing freshwater inputs
- macroalgae
- the precise term for seaweed including kelps.
- MHW
- mean high water
- MHHW
- mean higher high water
- PAH
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon--a family of organic carbon compounds associated with crude oil products.
- primary production
- the capture of sun energy by plants, and the base of all food chains.
- QAPP
- A Quality Assurance Project Plan as required by EPA policy.
- sediment
- particles of clay, silt, sand, gravel, or cobble, transported by water, are called sediment.
- shoreline process unit
- a coastal watershed that encompasses a single contiguous beach system, following the Nearshore Project
- smoltification
- the process by which salmon transform their physiology to prepare for life in salt water
- stream order
- a method of describing the position of a stream in the watershed by considering the number of streams that have contributed to a given channel, with low order streams having fewer contributing streams
- summer base flow;low flow;summer low flow
- the flow in a stream during drought periods, when streams depend on groundwater.
- TMDL;Total Maximum Daily Load
- Total Maximum Daily Load is a Clean Water Act term that describes a regulatory target that attempts to set a limit to pollutant inputs at a level that will meet water quality standards.
- treaty rights;tribal treaty rights
- a term describing the obligations of the United States to Indian tribes in the treaties under which tribal lands were ceded to the United States
- watershed management unit
- a watershed containing the whole of a tributary to one of the large rivers, following State Ecology's Watershed Characterization Project
- category:headwater
- An ecosystem type used for content related to confined valleys with heavy snow
- category:watershed
- An ecosystem type used for content related to lowland watersheds
- category:floodplain
- An ecosystem type used for content related to the floodplains of rivers
- category:river delta
- An ecosystem type used for content related to our 16 large river deltas
- category:embayment
- An ecosystem type used for content related to barrier embayments and inlets
- category:beach
- An ecosystem type used for content related to drifting beach cells
- category:headland
- An ecosystem type used for content related to rocky shorelines
- category:biology
- A broad topic for content related to living organisms
- category:salmon
- A narrower topic for content related to salmonids
- category:plants and soils
- A narrower topic for content related to plants and soils, including revegetation
- category:chemistry
- A broad topic for content related to chemical flows and transformations in ecosystems, particularly around nutrients and toxics
- category:climate change
- A broad topic for contect concerning the anticipated effects of climage change
- category:physical science
- A broad topic covering physical processes in ecosystems, particularly geomorphology, hydrology,and hydraulics.
- category:sediment dynamics
- A narrower topic under physical science concerned with the transport of material by moving water
- category:hydrodynamics
- A narrower topic under physical science concerned with predicting the dynamics of tidal and alluvial flows
- category:social science
- A very broad topic concerned with the cultural, social and economic dynamics of human systems
- category:ecosystem services
- A topic under social science concerned with how people measure and value the services they get from ecosystems
- category:development
- A topic under social science concerned with the technologies by which humans intentionally alter natural landscapes
- category:agriculture
- A topic concerned with the ecological, economic, and social dynamics of agricultural systems
- category:adaptive management
- An effort which attempts to manage uncertainty by integrating scientific experiments into management practices
- category:planning
- An effort which tries to reach goals by making good decisions and the wise allocation of resources
- category:protection
- An effort which attempts to reduce the impacts of development on ecosystem functions
- category:restoration
- An effort which attempts to recover lost ecosystem functions
- category:research
- An effort which attempts to build an understanding of cause and effect in human and ecological systems
- category:monitoring
- A kind of research focussed on observing change over time, often following some other action
- category:document
- A page about a written product either published or unpublished
- category:image
- An uploaded digital image of something of interest
- category:logo
- An uploaded digital image specifically used to identify a workgroup
- category:ecosystem map
- An uploaded digital map specifically used to describe an ecosystem site or place
- category:presentation
- An uploaded digital file containing a version of a presentation (as opposed to a document)
- category:coordinating
- A workgroup that exists to encourage or require coordination among multiple workgroups, often a representative body
- category:district
- A workgroup, formed as a special district of the state for conservation, flood management, irrigation, diking or otherwise.
- category:federal
- A workgroup associated with a branch of the federal government
- category:local
- A workgroup that is part of a county or municipal government
- category:NGO
- A workgroup that is functions as a not-for-profit corporation
- category:private
- A workgroup that functions as a for-profit proprietorship or corporation
- category:state
- A workgroup associated with state government
- category:tribal
- A workgroup associated with the government of a tribal nation
- category:funder
- A workgroup which routinely distributes funding to efforts
