7 Terms
Contributors in Marine biology
Marine biology
Inorganic
Biology; Marine biology
Part of or derived from non-biological material. A chemical compound that does not include a carbon chain.
Browsers
Biology; Marine biology
Organisms that feed by scraping thin layers of living organisms from the surface of the substratum (eg., periwinkles feeding on rock-surface diatom films; urchins scraping a thin, filmy sponge colony ...
Benthos
Biology; Marine biology
Organisms that live associated with the sea bottom. Examples include burrowing clams, sea grasses, sea urchins, acorn barnacles.
Meroplankton
Biology; Marine biology
Organisms that spend part of their time in the plankton but also spend time in the benthos (e.g., planktonic larvae of benthic invertebrates).
Aggregation
Biology; Marine biology
Organisms (usually referring to of the same species) living closely together, but not physically connected (cf. 'colony').
Organic
Biology; Marine biology
Part of or derived from living organisms. Or a chemical compound that contains carbon as an essential component.
Holoplankton
Biology; Marine biology
Organisms spending all their life in the water column and not on or in the sea bed.
