Marine biology

Marine biology

Contributors in Marine biology

Marine biology

The process by which a species' structural and behavioural characteristics change over many generations, sometimes in response to changes in environmental conditions. "New" species develop in this ...

molecular diffusion

Biology; Marine biology

the process by which carbon dioxide moves freely between air and sea. The exchange occurs in a film of water at the surface. Carbon dioxide travels wherever concentrations are lowest. If levels in ...

calcification

Biology; Marine biology

the process by which corals extract calcium from seawater and create calcium carbonate.

chemosynthesis

Biology; Marine biology

The process whereby chemical energy is used to make organic compounds from inorganic compounds. One example is the oxidation of ammonia to nitrite by nitrifying bacteria.

bioaccumulation

Biology; Marine biology

The process whereby pollutants are taken up, retained and concentrated in the cells of plants and animals.

ecological niche

Biology; Marine biology

The role a plant or animal plays in its community. The niche of an organism is defined by what it eats, its predators, salt tolerances, light requirements etc. Two species cannot live stably in the ...