4 Terms
Contributors in Marine biology
Marine biology
heterotrophic algae
Biology; Marine biology
Algae that take up organic molecules as a primary source of nutrition.
environment
Biology; Marine biology
All of the physical, chemical, and biological factors in the area where a plant or animal lives.
mesopelagic zone
Biology; Marine biology
Also called the "twilight zone" of the ocean, this area from 200m to 1000m in depth, is bordered by the photic zone above and darkness below. It's in this zone where you start to see bioluminescence ...
food chain efficiency
Biology; Marine biology
Amount of energy of some other quantity extracted from a trophic level, divided by the amount of energy produced by the next-lower trophic level.
cnidaria
Biology; Marine biology
an animal phylum characterized by stinging cells called nematocysts, that contains the stony (hard) corals, anemones, sea fans, sea pens, hydras, and jellyfish.
hermaphrodite
Biology; Marine biology
An animal that has both male and female reproductive organs. Nudibranchs (sea slugs) are a good example o a hermaphrodite.
