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Ecology

biotic potential

Biology; Ecology

The proportion of the maximum population growth in an ideal environment with ideal means.

mixotrofo

Biology; Ecology

An organism that can be bent as an autotroph (produces its own food) or heterotroph (eats food produced by other agencies). Some tiny marine protozoa mixotrophs.

adventivni koren

Biology; Ecology

One that grows from something other than the main root.

xeric

Biology; Ecology

Characterized by, relating to, or adapted to an extremely dry habitat.

Groundwater

Biology; Ecology

Water found underground as a result of rainfall, ice and snow melt, submerged rivers, lakes, and springs. This water often carries minerals. These minerals can accumulate in the remains of buried ...

Biomes

Biology; Ecology

The world's major communities, classified according to the predominant vegetation and characterised by adaptations of organisms to that particular environment.

Zooplankton

Biology; Ecology

Tiny, free-floating organisms in aquatic systems. Unlike phytoplankton, zooplankton cannot produce their own food, and so are consumers.

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