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EBB TIDE (Jusant)

Falling tide; period during which the sea recedes.

ECOTOXICITY (Écotoxicité)

Toxicity of a substance in the living environment; environmental toxicity.

(Translated from Grand dictionnaire terminologique. Office de la langue française and Sémantix, 2000.)

ECUMENE (Oekoumène)

The permanently inhabited portion of the earth as distinguished from the uninhabited or temporarily inhabited area.

(Translation Bureau. Termium. Department of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 1999.)

EFFLUENT (Effluent)

Residual fluid of agricultural, industrial or urban origin, treated or not, released directly or indirectly into the environment.

(Translated from Dictionnaire de l'environnement. Conseil international de la langue française, 1992.)

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY (Conductivité électrique)

Measure by which the quantity of ionizable dissolved salt in water is evaluated and its degree of mineralization determined.

(Translated from Dictionnaire usuel de l’environnement et de l’écologie. Guy Le Prat édition, Paris, 1981.)

ENDOCRINE SYSTEM (Système endocrinien)

Group of organs and tissues releasing hormones into the blood to regulate the growth, development and functioning of many tissues and coordinate an organism’s metabolic processes.

(Microsoft®. Encarta Encyclopedia® 99. ©1993-1998 Microsoft Corporation.)

EROSION (Érosion)

Phenomenon resulting from the action of water or wind that results in the removal of the top layer of soil.

(Translated from Ramade, F. Dictionnaire encyclopédique de l'écologie et des sciences de l'environnement. Édiscience international, Paris, 1993.)

ESOCIDAE (Ésocidés)

Family of predatory fish to which pike species belong; found only in limnic ecosystems.

(Translated from Ramade, F. Dictionnaire encyclopédique de l'écologie et des sciences de l'environnement. Édiscience international, Paris, 1993.)

ESTUARY (Estuaire)

The seaward end of a river where fresh water comes into contact with seawater and where marine phenomena predominate over fluvial phenomena.

(Translation Bureau. Termium. Department of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 1999.)

EUTROPHICATION (Eutrophisation)

Rapid increase in the nutrient status of a water body, natural or occurring as a by-product of human activity. Excessive production leads to anaerobic conditions below the surface waters.

(Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, 2002.)

FRAZIL ICE (Frasil ou frazil)

Frazil ice, like grease ice, slush and shuga, is also known as “new ice,” a general term for recently formed ice. These types of ice are composed of ice crystals which are only weakly frozen together (if at all) and have a definite form only while they are afloat.

(Canadian Ice Service Web site; Ice Terminology, under Ice Codes)

FISHERY (Pêcherie)

Site set up for fishing.

FLOODPLAIN (Plaine inondable)

The flat or nearly flat land along a river or stream or in a tidal area that is covered by water during a flood.

(Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, 2002.)

FLUKE (Douve)

Flat, unsegmented hermaphroditic parasite of the Trematode order, affecting many mammals, including humans (liver, intestine, lungs); an agent of distomatosis.

(Translated from Grand dictionnaire terminologique. Office de la langue française and Sémantix, 2000.)

FRESHET (Crue)

Major, short-lived discharge of fresh water into a current resulting from heavy rains or rapid snowmelt.

FRESHWATER SPECIES (Dulcicole)

Animal and plant species living exclusively or principally in fresh water, as opposed to marine species.

FRY (Alevin)

The young stage of fishes, particularly after the yolk sac has been absorbed and active feeding commenced.

(Translation Bureau. Termium. Department of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 1999.)