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holding pond
Biology; Ecology

A pond or reservoir, usually made of earth, built to store polluted runoff.

lentic
Biology; Ecology

Still water (pond, lake, etc. ); also, organisms living in it. Compare Lotic.

phylogeny
Biology; Ecology

Patterns of evolutionary lineage (like tree shrews to people). See Ontogeny.

suspension feeder
Biology; Ecology

An organism (e.g., a barnacle) that eats food particles suspended in water.

chinook
Biology; Ecology

A warm, dry wind that blows on the lee sides of mountains in North America.

diatomite
Biology; Ecology

A sediment formed from diatoms (unicellular algae with yellow chloroplasts).

generalist
Biology; Ecology

An organism able to survive under a wide range of environmental conditions.

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