18 Terms
Contributors in Marine biology
Marine biology
Isotonic
Biology; Marine biology
Having the same overall concentration of dissolved substances as a given reference solution.
Chloroplast
Biology; Marine biology
In eukaryotic organisms, the cellular organelle in which photosynthesis takes place,
Natural selection
Biology; Marine biology
The main mechanism of evolutionary change. In a given population of organisms, there are heritable traits that enable some members to contribute a larger number of offspring than others. If these ...
Assortative mating
Biology; Marine biology
The mating of a given genotype mates with another genotype at a frequency disproportionate to that expected from random encounter.
Substrate
Biology; Marine biology
The material upon or within which a plant or animal live or grows (e.g. rocky or sandy substrate). See also benthic.
Laminar flow
Biology; Marine biology
The movement of a fluid where movement of the entire fluid is regular and with parallel streamlines.
Diffusion
Biology; Marine biology
The net movement of units of a substance from areas of higher concentration to areas of lower concentration of that substance.
