4 Terms
Contributors in Marine biology
Marine biology
Conformer
Biology; Marine biology
An organism whose physiological state (e.g., body temperature) is identical to, and varies identically with, that of the external environment.
Zooplankton
Biology; Marine biology
Animal component of the plankton that feed on phytoplankton and other zooplankton (primary consumers).
Homeotherm
Biology; Marine biology
An organism that regulates its body temperature despite changes in the externalenvironmental temperature.
Macrofauna
Biology; Marine biology
Animals whose shortest dimension is greater than or equal to 0.5 mm.
Allele
Biology; Marine biology
One of the alternative forms of a particular gene. Each gene is comprised of two alleles, one inherited from the father and one from the mother. However, within a population, many alleles may exist ...
Adambulacral plates
Biology; Marine biology
Of Echinodermata (echinoderms); a series of calcareous plates on either side of the ambulacral furrow (Southward & Campbell, 2006).
