10 Terms
Contributors in Marine biology
Marine biology
compensation light intensity
Biology; Marine biology
That light intensity at which oxygen evolved from a photosynthesizing organism equals that consumed in its respiration.
biomass
Biology; Marine biology
The amount of living material per unit area or volume; may be expressed as grams of carbon, total dry weight, and so on.
systematics
Biology; Marine biology
The area of biology that deals with the diversity of living organisms, their relationships to each other through evolution, and their classification. Can also be referred to as taxonomy.
decomposition
Biology; Marine biology
The biochemical process where biological materials are broken down into smaller particles and eventually into basic chemical compounds and elements. See also decomposer.
amphidromic point
Biology; Marine biology
The central point of a cyclonic tidal system, at which the vertical astronomical tidal range is nil, or very small, increasing progressively with increasing distance from this central point (from ...
evenness
Biology; Marine biology
The component of diversity accounting for the degree to which all species are equal in abundance, as opposed to strong dominance by one or a few species.
