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Ablation
ABS
Abscess
Absolute
Absolute pressure
Absorption
Acanthopterygii
Acanthuroidei
Acclimation
Acid
Acid Sulphate soils
Acidity
Acipenseriformes
Acrylonitril Butadiene Styrene
Activated Carbon
Activated Sludge
Acute
Acute catarrhal enteritis
Acute toxicity
Ad libitum
Adipose tissue
Adjuvant
Adrenal Glands
Adsorb
Aeration
Aerobic
Aeromonas salmonicida
Aetiology
Agitator
Air
Air Cooling
Air Curtain
Air Dryers
Air - Friction loss
Air Lift
Air Lock
Air Purger
Air stripping
Airlift
Alevin
Algae
Algae control
Algal bloom
Algal Scum
Alginates
Alien
Aliquot
Alkaline
Alkalinity
Allele
Altitude
Aluminium
Ambient
Amino acid
Ammonia stripping
Ammonia-nitrogen
Ammonium
Ammonium Chloride 
Ammonium Nitrate
Amorphous
Amplitude
Anabantoidei
Anadromous
Anaemia
Anaerobic
Anaesthetic
Analogue (1of 2) - Signal.
Analogue (2 of 2) 
Anchor
Anchor Ice
Androgen
Androgenisis
Anguilliformes
Anion
Annulus
Annunciators
Anoxia
Anoxic
Anterior
Anthelmintic
Antibiotics
Antibody
Antifouling
Antigen
Anti-oxidant
Antisepsis
Aquathol
Aquifer
Artemia
Artesian Well
Ascites
Ascorbic Acid
Asexual
Asphyxia
Aspirator
Assimilation
Astaxanthin
Asymptomatic carrier
Atheriniformes
Atherinomorpha
Atmospheric pressure
Atrophy
Atypical
Auger
Autodialler
Autotrophic
Available oxygen
Axenic
Axial Flow pumps
Axilla
Azoic Zone
B.O.D.
Bacillariophyta
Back flushing
Back Washing
Bacteria
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial Gill Disease
Bacterial kidney disease
Bacterin
Bacteriocide
Bacteriostat
Baffle
Bag Filters
Bagging
Barbel
Barometric pressure
Barr marks
Base
Base metabolism
Bath Treatments
Batrachoidiformes
Beer's Law
Bends
Benign
Benthos
Benzalkonium Chloride
Benzocaine
Beryciformes
Bicarbonate
Bile
Binder
Biochemical Oxygen Demand
Biocide
Biofilter
Biological Filtration
Biological Oxygen Demand
Biomass
Biostatic
Biotechnology
Biotic index
Biotin
Biting
Bivalve
Bivalvia
BKD
Black Spot
Blastula
Bleach
Blenniodei
Bloom
Blowers
Blue sac disease
Blue tinge
Blue-green algae
Bohr Effect
Bony Fishes
Borehole
Brachyura
Brackish
Branchiae
Branchiocranium
Branchiomycosis
Brine
Brine Shrimp
Bromine
Brood Chamber
Broodstock
Browsers
Bubble Curtain
Buccal Cavity
Buccal force plate
Buccal incubation
Budget Quotation
Buffering
Buildings
Bund
Butt welding
Butterfly Fillet
Butyl
Byssus
Chemostat
Chilling
Chinook Salmon
Chitin
Chloramin T
Chloramphenicol
Chlorella
Chlorinate Polyvinyl Chloride
Chlorinated water
Chloride test
Chlorine
Chlorobutanol
Chlorophyll
Chromium
Chromosomes
Chronic
Cichlid
Cichlidae
Cilia
Ciliate
Circulus
Classification
Cleavage
Clinoptilolite
Cloning
Clupeiformes
Clupeomorpha
Clutch
Cod
Cod Roe
Coefficient of roughness
Coherent
Cold water disease
Colloidal
Colouration
Colourimeter
Columnaris disease
Commensal
Common Salt
Communication languages
Compensation Point
Composting
Compounds
Compressed (fish)
Compressor
Concentration
Conditioned response
Conductivity
Congenital disease
Control
Controller
Conversion Software
Conveyor Filter
Cooling
Copepods
Copper
Copper Oxychloride
Copper Sulphate
Copper toxicity
Cornea
Corrosion
Corticosteroid
Cortisol
Corynebacterial disease
Corynebacterium
Costiasis
Costia necatrix
Crashing - (1of 2)
Crashing - (2 of 2)
Crayfish Handlers Disease 
Crossbreeding
Crowding Screen
Crustacean
Cryogenic fractionation
Cryopreservation
Cryoprotectant
Ctenoid
Cultch
Culture
Cutrine-Plus
Cyanobacteria
Cycloid
Cyprinid
Cypriniformes
Cyprinoidei
Cyst
Cytoplasm
C.O.D.
Cable
Cadmium
Cage
Calcinosis
Calcium carbonate
Calcium Cyanamide
Calcium Hydroxide
Californian hatching systems
Calorie
Canister Filters
Cannibalism
Canthaxanthin
Carapace
Carbohydrate
Carbon
Carbon Dioxide
Carbonate minerals
Carcinogen
Carnivore
Carotenoids
Carrier
Carrying capacity
Cartilage
Cartridge Filters
Catadromous
Cataracts
Catchment
Cation
Caudal Peduncle
CCVD
Centrifugal Pumps
Cell division
Cephalopod
Cephalopoda
Cerceria
Cfs
Chain
Channel
Channel catfish viral disease
Channeling
Channoidei
Characins
Characoidei
Check Valve
Chelate
Chemical Oxygen Demand
Daphnia
Datalogging
Daylength
Decapoda
Dechlorination
Dee Disease
Deficiency
Degassing
Degree days
Demand Feeder
Demersal
D-ended tanks
Denitrification
Depressed
Dermal
Derris
Desalination
Desoxycorticosterone acetate
Destratification
Detritus
DHA
Diatom
Diatomaceous Earth Filters
Dichlorbenil
Dichlorvos
Diel
Diesel Fuel (1 of 2)
Diesel fuel (2 of 2)
Diffuser
Digital
Dinoflagellate
Di-n-butyl tin oxide
Dip
Diphyllobothrium sp.
Diploid
Diplostomum
Diquat
Discfilter
Disease
Disease agent
Disinfection
Dissolved Oxygen
Dissolved Solids
Distal
Distributor
Diurnal
Diurnal rhythm
D-larvae
Dolomite
Dopamine
Dorsal
Dorsal Fin
Dose
Dose calculations
Dosing Pump
Drainage
Drawdown
Dredge
Dress
Drug Resistance
Drug sensitivity
Drumfilter
Dry Feed
Dryer
Dubisch Ponds
Ducks
Duodenum
Dystrophic
E.R.M.
Earth metals
Eco-System
Ecto
Ectoparasite
Edema
EFA
Effluent
Egg Baskets
Egg Pickers
Egg Picking
Egg Sorters
Egg Trough
Egtved Disease
Eider ducks
Electrical Phases
Electrical Wiring
Electrocution in fish
Elipoformes
Elopomorpha
Elver
Emaciation
Embolism
Embryo
Emergent Plants
Encapsulation
Endo
Endocrine
Endoparasite
Endoskeleton
Energy
Enteric
Enteric Red Mouth
Enteritis
Environment
Environmental gill disease
Enzootic
EPA
Epilimnion
Equivalents per million (meq)
Eradicate
Eradication
Eradication program
Erosion
Erythromycin
Esophagus
Essential Amino Acids
Essential Fatty Acids
Estuarine
Estuary
Etching
Ethylene Glycol
Etiology
Euryhaline
Eurytherm
Eutrophic
Evaporation
Eviscerate
Exclusive economic zone
Excretion
Exopthalmus
Exoskeleton
Exotic
Extensive
External Respiration
Extinction coefficient
Extruded
Eye Fluke
Eyed
F1-Hybrid
Facultative
Faeces
Fatty Acids
Fauna
Fecundity
Feed Conversion ratio (F.C.R.)
Feed formulation
Feed Rate
Feeders
Feeding Ring
Feminisation
Fenac
Feral
Fertilisation - Artificial
Fertilisation Ponds
Fertility
Fighting
Filamentous
Fillet
Filter failure
Filter Media
Fin ray
Fines
Fingerling
First feeding
Fish Pumps
Fish Kill
Fixative
Fjord and Sea Loch
Flagellae
Flagellates
Flashing
Floating leaved plants
Floc
Flooded Suction
Flow Rate
Fluidised bed
Fluidised sand filters
Flush
Foam Fractionation
Folic Acid
Fomite
Food Chain
Food Conversion Ratio
Foot Valve
Forage
Forestry
Fork Length
Formaldehyde
Formalin
Fortification
Fouling
Fractionation
Free living
Freeboard
Freshwater
Friable
Friction Loss - Air
Friction Loss - Water
Fright response
Fringing Plants
Fry
Fucoxanthin
Fungus
Furuncle
Furunculosis
Fusion Welding
GAC
Gadiformes
Gall Bladder
Galvanising
Gametes
Gape
Gas bladder
Gas Bubble Disease
Gas Stripping
Gas Supersaturation
Gasterosteiformes
Gastric
Gastritis
Gastro-enteritis
Gastrolith
Gastropod
Gastropoda
Gene
Generator
Genital
Genital Papilla
Genotype
Genus
Geology
Germinal disc
Gill Arches
Gill Cover
Gill filament
Gill lamellae
Gill Rakers
Gill Rot
Gills
Glair
Glycerine
Glycerol
Glycogen
Glyphosate
Gnrh
Gnrha
Gobiodei
Goblet Cells
Gonad
Gonadotropin (GtH)
Gonadotropin Inhibiting Hormone (GIH)
Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone (GnrH)
Gonorhynchiformes
Gpm
Grading
Gram Negative
Gram Positive
Gram's stain
Gravitational constant
Grazers
Green Eggs
Green Water System
Greenhouse
Grilse
Gross Pathology
Groundwater
GtH
Gynogenesis
Gynogenetic
Gyro
Gyrodactylus
Haematoma
Haematopoietic tissue
Haemoglobin
Haemorrhage
Hand Pumps
Hapas
Haploid
Hardness
Hatchery Constant
Hatching Jar
hCG
HDPE
Head
Headloss - air
Headloss - water
Heat Exchangers
Heat fusion welding
Heat Gain
Heat Gun
Heated Effluents
Heating
Heavy Metals
Helocrene
Hematoma
Hematopoietic tissue
Hemoglobin
Hemorrhage
Hen
Herbicide
Herbicide Susceptibility
Herbicide Withdrawal Periods
Herbivore
Hermaphrodite
Heterocercal
Heterosis
Heterotrophic
Hierarchy
Histology
Hofer Ponds
Holidays
Homeothermic
Homocercal
Horizontal transmission
Hormonal sterilisation
Hormone
Host
HUFA
Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
Humidity
Husbandry
Hyamine (3500)
Hybrid
Hybrid Vigour
Hydram Pump
Hydrate
Hydrated Lime
Hydraulic Ram
Hydrogen ion
Hydrogen Peroxide
Hydrogen Sulphide
Hydrological cycle
Hydrolysis
Hydrometer
Hydroponics
Hydroxyquinaldine
Hyperaemia
Hyperplasia
Hypobromous Acid
Hypochlorite
Hypolimnion
Hypophysation
Hypothalamus
Impellers
Impervious Rock
Impulse Pump
Inbreeding
Incubation Jar
Incubation systems
Insecticide
Insulation ratings
Intensive aquaculture
Internal respiration
Invertebrate
Iodine
Ion
Ion exchange
IP rating
Iron
Iron Hydroxide
Iron Pyrite
Iron Removal
Irradiation
Irradiation - sterilisation
Irrigation Pump
Isochrysis
Jar
Kakaban
Ketotestosterone
Keyed (keying)
Kidney
Krill
Kype
Labroidei
Lactic Acid
Lamellae
Lamellibranchs
Larvae
LD50
LDPE
Leachate
Lead
Lethal
Leuteinising hormone
Leuteinising hormone releasing hormone
LH
Lhrh
Lhrha
Light
Light Intensity
Lightning
Lime
Liming
Limiting nutrient
Limiting Velocity
Limnocrene
Liners
Lipid
Littoral zone
Live Feed
Logarithmic Scale
Lophiformes
Low Head Pump
Luteinising hormone
Luteinising hormone releasing hormone
Macrophyte
,Magnaspheres,
Magnesium Carbonate,
Magnesium Hydroxide,
Malachite Green
Malachite Green #2 
Malacostraca
Masculinisation
Maxilliped
MDPE
Mechanical Filtration
Media
Meiosis
Membrane diffusers
Mercury
Mesh Size
Mesotrophic
Metabolism
Metabolite
Metals
Metazoea
Methane
Methanol
mg
mg/l
Micron
Micropyle
Milli-equivalent
milligrams per litre
Milt
ml/l
Modulating (Valve)
Molasses
Mol
Molecule
Mollusca
Molluscs
Moon phases
Mormyriformes
Motility
MS-222
Mucous membrane
Mucus
Mugiloidei
Multi Stage
Mussel
Mycobacteriosis / Nocardiosis
Myctophiformes
Myxobacterial gill disease
Myxosomas cerbralis
Nadir
,Nannochloropsis,
Natantia
Nauplius,
Necrosis,
Necrotic
,Nekton,
Nephrocalcinocis
,Nervousness,
Net
,Net bagging,
NH-N
,Nipping
,Nitrate
,Nitrification,
Nitrite,
Nitrobacter,
Nitrofuran,
Nitrogen,
Nitrosomonas,
Nominal,
Non return valve,
Notacanthiformes,
Novocain,
Nutritional Gill Disease,
Nuvan
Oedema,
Oesophagus,
Oestradiol,
Oestradiol-17b,
Oestrogen,
Off-gassing,
Oligochaete worms,
Oligotrophic,
Omega Acids,
Omnivore
,Oocytes,
Oogenesis,
Operculum - (Opercula),
Opportunistic Zone,
Organics,
Organo-Phosphates,
Osmoregulation
,Osmosis
,Ossification,
Ostariophysi
,Osteoglossiformes
,Osteoglossiformes (2),
Otolith,
Ova,
Ovary,
Overcrowding
,Ovulation,
,Oxidation,
Oxygen,
Oxygen debt,
Oxygen Demand
Oxygen depletion,
Oxygen Generators
,Oxygen Injection,
Oxygen Reduction Potential (ORP)
,Oxygenation
,Oxytetracycline,
Ozone
,Ozone destruction
,Ozone Generators
Packed column,
Paddlewheels,
Palatability,
Panjet,
Pantothenic acid,
Paracanthopterygii,
Paraformaldehyde
Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning,
Parasite,
Parr,
Parr marks,
Parts per million,
Pathogen,
Pathogenic,
PE
Peat,
Pediveliger,
Peeler,
Penaied,
Percent Recirculation
,Perciformes
Percoidei,
Percopsiformes,
Permutit,
Perspex,
Pesticide
PET-G,
Petechaie,
Petri Dish,
pH,
pH Control,
Phagocyte,
Phaffia rhodozyma,
Pharyngeal Teeth
,Phase Contrast,
Phases of moon
,Phenotype,
Phenylalanine,
Pheromones,
Phospholipid cell membranes,
Phosphorous,
Photoperiodism,
Photosynthesis,
Phytoplankton,
Pi,
Pigment,
Pimozide,
Pipe,
Pipe pressure ratings,
Pipework,
Piscicide,
Piston pump,
PIT tag,
Pituitary Gland
P.K.D.,
Plankton,
Plants
Plastic Welding
Plastics
Platinum,
Poikilothermic,
Pollution,
Polyethylene,
Polyamide,
Polycarbonate,
Polyploidy,
Polypropylene,
Polytunnel,
Polyunsaturated,
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC),
Polyvinyliden Fluoride,
Positive Displacement Pumps,
Potable water,
Potassium Permanganate,
Pp,
Ppm
Prawn,
Precipitate,
Precocious,
Pressure,
Pressure Swing Adsorption
Primary consumer,
Primary Lamellae,
Primary producer,
Primary production,
Probiotic,
Productivity,
Profundal Zone,
Progestagen,
Proliferative Kidney Disease,
Propeller Pump,
Protacanthopterygii,
Protozoan,
Protractile
,PSP,
PUFA
,Pump Ashore,
Pump
,Pvc,
Pvc-C
Pvc-U,
PVDF
Quaternary Ammonium Compound,
Quick Lime,
Quinaldine
Rabbit Fish,
Raceways,
Rafting,
Rapid Bioassessment Protocol,
Reagents,Recirculation,
Red Muscle,
Red Tide,
REDOX,
Reduction,
Refractometer,
Relative atomic mass,
Relative Humidity
Relay,
Remote Sensing,
Reptania,
Residence Time,
Resistance,
Respiration,
Reuse,
Reverse Osmosis,
Rheocrene,
Roccal,
Roe,
Rope,
Rotifers,
Rotenone,
Round Tanks,
Rs232,
Rs485,
Run-off
S0,
S1/2,
S1,
S2,
Sac fry
,Sacrificial anode,
Sacrificial Protection,
Saddle,
Salinisation,
Salinity,
Salmon
,Salmonid,
Salmoniformes,
Salt,
Sand,
Sand Filters,
Saponin,
Sapotroph,
Saprolegnia,
Satiation,
Saturated,
Saturometer,
Scale reading,
Scales,
Scallop
,Scaphognathite,
Scombroidei,
Scorpaeniformes,
Scouring Velocity
,Screens,
Seal Finger,
Seasonal Control,
Seawater fouling,
Secchi Disc,
Secondary consumer,
Secondary Lamellae,
Secondary Sexual Characteristics,
Sedation,
Self cleaning,
Self Priming,
Sensitivity,
Sewage Fungus
,Sex Reversal,
Sexual differentiation,
Shrimp,
Sibling,
Side Stream,
Silica,
Silos,
Siluriformes,
Single stage,
Skimming,
Sluice,
Smolt,
Smolting
,Sodium amobarbitol,
Sodium amytal,
Sodium Bicarbonate,
Sodium Carbonate,
Sodium Chlorate,
Sodium Chloride,
Sodium Hydroxide,
Sodium Hypochlorite,
Sodium Nitrite,
Sodium Thiosulphate,
Soft Shell,
Soft Water,
Soil,
Solenoid (Valve),
Solids,
Solubility,
Solute,
Solution,Solvent,
Solvent cement
Solvent welding,
Somatic,
Sp.,
Spat,
Spawning cycle,
Spawning ponds,
Spawning ropes,
Spawning spread
Species,
Specific Gravity,
Specific Growth Rate,
Spectrophotometer,
Spermatogenesis,
Spermatophore,
Sphaerotilus natans,
Spike,
Spores,
Spp.,
Spring,
Spring Tide,
Stainless Steel,
Standard Oxygenation Test Conditions,
Starch,
Starfish,
Startling,
Steelhead,
Stenohaline,
Stenotherm,
Sterile,
Sterilisation
Steroids,
Stocking Density,
Storage,
Storm surge,
Strain,
Stratification,
Stress,
Stripping,
Sub Littoral,
Subcutaneous,
Sublethal,
Substrate,
Subtidal,
Sulphonamide,
Sump,
Supernatant
,Superphosphate,
Supersaturation,
Surface Skimming,
Surface tension,
Surfactants,
Suspended Solids,
Swim Bladder,
Swab,
Swimmerets,
Swim-up,
Symbiosis,
Syndrome,
Synergistically,
Syngnathiformes,
Systemic
Tagging,
Taints,
Tambak,
TAN,
Tank design,
Tapeworms,
Taura Syndrome,
Taxon,
Tea Seed cake,
Teleosts,
Telson,
Temperate,
Temperature,
Terbutryne,
Tertiary amyl alcohol,
Testosterone,Tetracycline,
Tetraodontiformes,
Tetraploid,
Tetraselmis,
Theraputant,
Thermocline,
Thermocouple,
Thermoplastic,
Thermosetting,
Thermostat,
Thunderstorms,
Tides,
Tip length,
Tissue respiration,
Titration,
Toxic,
Torpor,
Torsion
Transpiration,
Trash Fish,
Treatment Method,
Trematode,
Tri butyl tin oxide,
TBT,
Trioxygen,
Triploid,
Trochophor,
Trophic level,
Tsunami,
Tubifex,
Turbidity,
Turbidostat,
Turbines
U.V.
Ubiquitous,
UDN,
Ulcer,
Ulcerative dermal necrosis,
U.D.N.,
Ultrasound,
Ultra-Violet,
Unionised Ammonia,
U-PVC,
upvc,
Upwelling,
Urea,
Urethane,
Urogenital pore, 
Urogenital papilla
,U-Tube
,utube
Vaccination,
Vaccines,
Vector,
Veliger,
Velocity,
Ventral,
Ventral Fin,
Venturi,
Vertebrate,
Vertical transmission,
Vibrio,
Virulent,
Virus,
Viscera,
Viviparous,
Von Bayer Trough,
Vortex,
Vulcanising
Waste water,
Water Flow Rate,
Water Hardening,
Water Quality,
Water Table,
Watershed,
Wavelength,
Weaning,
Weather,
Weir,
Welding - plastic,
Western Gill Disease,
Wet Diet,
Wetted perimeter,
Whirling disease,
White Muscle,
White Spot,
Winkler Titration,
Winter Kill,
Wiring,
Withdrawl periods
Xenic,
Xoothanthellae,
X-Rays
Yellowtail,
Yolk,
Yolk Sac
Zeiformes,
Zenith,
Zeolite,
Zinc,
Zoea,
Zooplankton,
Zoonose
,Zoothanthellae,
Zoug Jar,
Zygote

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