12 Terms
Contributors in Marine biology
Marine biology
Community
Biology; Marine biology
A naturally occurring group of plants and animals that live within a certain environment and interact with each other. Communities are often defined by a dominant species (e.g. kelp forest community) ...
Alien species
Biology; Marine biology
A non-established introduced species (q.v.), which is incapable of establishing self-sustaining or self-propagating populations in the new area without human interference (cf. 'introduced species'; ...
Histogram
Biology; Marine biology
A multiple-bar diagram representing the frequency distribution of a group as a function of some variable. The frequency of each class is proportional to the length of its associated bar.
Blood pigment
Biology; Marine biology
A molecule used by an organism to transport oxygen efficiently, usually in a circulatory system (e.g., hemoglobin).
Heritable character
Biology; Marine biology
A morphological character whose given state can be explained partially in terms of the genotype of the individua.
Diversity
Biology; Marine biology
A parameter describing, in combination, the species richness and evenness of a collection of species. Diversity is often used as a synonym for species richness.
Grab
Biology; Marine biology
Benthic sampling device with two or more curved metal plates designed to converge when the sampler hits bottom and grab a specified volume of bottom sediment.
