Marine biology

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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.

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.

endemic

Biology; Marine biology

An animal or plant species that naturally occurs in only one area.

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.