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Mangrove forest
Biology; Marine biology
A shoreline ecosystem dominated by mangrove trees, with associated mud flats.
Founder principle
Biology; Marine biology
A small colonising population is genetically unrepresentative of the source of population.
Genetic drift
Biology; Marine biology
Changes in allele frequencies that can be ascribed to random effects.
Pesticides
Biology; Marine biology
Chemical products used to reduce or eliminate unwanted organisms, regarded as "pests". Pesticides are often used on gardens, agricultural land, roadsides, and golf courses to eliminate species ...
Eutrophication
Biology; Marine biology
Enrichment of a water body with nutrients, resulting in excessive growth of phytoplankton, seaweeds, or vascular plants, and often depletion of oxygen.
Interspecific competition
Biology; Marine biology
Condition in which one species' exploitation of a limiting resource negatively affects another species.
Dissolved organic matter
Biology; Marine biology
Dissolved molecules derived from degradation of dead organisms or excretion of molecules synthesised by organisms.
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