7 Terms
Contributors in Marine biology
Marine biology
Freshet
Biology; Marine biology
An increase of water flow into an estuary during the late winter or spring, owing to increased precipitation and snow melt in the watershed.
Invasive species
Biology; Marine biology
An introduced species that out-competes native species for space and resources. Scotch Broom is an invasive species that out-competes local vegetation and results in a monoculture, and hence a ...
Competition
Biology; Marine biology
An interaction between or among two or more individuals or species in which exploitation of resources by one affects any others negatively.
Deposit feeder
Biology; Marine biology
An organism that derives its nutrition by consuming some fraction of a soft sediment.
Macrophyte
Biology; Marine biology
An individual alga large enough to be seen easily with the unaided eye.
Mutualism
Biology; Marine biology
An interaction between two species in which both derive some benefit.
