Glossary R

The Environmental Glossary. Letter R +++ Popular Articles: 'Range', 'Resource', 'Recycling'

A recovery is the partial or full return of a population or Community to a condition that existed before the introduction of the stressor (RAF 1992, 38).

A Recycle is To make new Products from old ones. Recycling used items, such as paper, cans, or bottles, saves energy, produces less pollution, and uses up fewer natural resources.

A recycled water is water that is used more than one time before it passes back into the natural hydrologic system.

Deutsch: Recycling / Español: Reciclaje / Português: Reciclagem / Français: Recyclage / Italiano: Riciclaggio /

A recycling is system of collecting, sorting, and reprocessing old material into usable raw materials.

A Redd is Shallow Depression in the streambed gravel in which a female salmonid deposits her eggs.

Deutsch: Verringern / Español: Reducir / Português: Reduzir / Français: Réduire / Italiano: Ridurre /

A reduce is act of purchasing or consuming less to begin with, so as not to have to reuse or Recycle later.

Deutsch: Riff / Español: Arrecife / Português: Recife / Français: Récif / Italiano: Barriera Corallina

Reef in the environmental context typically refers to a ridge of jagged rock, coral, or sand just above or below the surface of the sea. Among these, coral reefs are the most well-known and biologically diverse marine ecosystems, playing a critical role in the ocean's ecological balance.

A Reference Concentration (RfC) is the reference Concentration is an estimate (with uncertainty spanning perhaps an order of magnitude) of a continuous inhalation exposure to the human population (including sensitive subgroups which include children, asthmatics and the elderly) that is likely to be without an appreciable risk of deleterious effects during a lifetime.

A reference condition is the set of attributes of ecological resources that assist in identifying the location of a portion of the resource population along a condition continuum from

A Reference Method is a procedure or process which is considered a standardized or commonly accepted and to which another procedure or process is compared.

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