22 Terms
Contributors in Marine biology
Marine biology
megaplankton
Biology; Marine biology
Planktonic organisms that are greater than or equal to 2000 micrometers in size.
mixoplankton
Biology; Marine biology
Planktonic organisms that can be classified at several trophic levels. For example, some ciliates can be photosynthetic but also can ingest other plankton and are heterotrophic.
logistic population growth
Biology; Marine biology
Population growth that is modulated by the population size relative to carrying capacity. Population growth declines as population approaches carrying capacity, and is negative when population size ...
global warming
Biology; Marine biology
Predicted increase in the earth's oceanic and atmospheric temperature, owing to additions of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, as a result of human activities.
directional selection
Biology; Marine biology
Preferential change in a population, favoring the increase in frequency of one allele over another.
