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continental shelf
Biology; Marine biology
A broad expanse of ocean bottom sloping gently and seaward from the shoreline to the shelf-slope break at a depth of 100 to 200 m.
aggregated spatial distribution
Biology; Marine biology
A case where individuals in a space occur in clusters too dense to be explained by chance.
photosynthesis
Biology; Marine biology
A chemical process whereby plants and algae use a sun's energy to make sugars (organic compounds) from carbon dioxide and water (inorganic compounds). See also autotroph, chemosynthesis.
ecosystem
Biology; Marine biology
A community of plants, animals and other organisms that are linked by energy and nutrient flows and that interact with each other and with the physical environment. Rain forests, deserts, coral ...
marine protected area
Biology; Marine biology
A conservation geographic unit designed to protect crucial communities and to provide reproductive reserves for fisheries that hopefully will disperse over wider areas.
between-habitat comparison
Biology; Marine biology
A contrast of diversity in two localities of differing habitat type (e.g., sand versus mud bottoms).
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