Contributors in Marine biology
Marine biology
Latin translation
Biology; Marine biology
Epi = upon, lith = rock. This term is general to terrestrial and marine habitats, ie. some lichens are epilithic.
Anadromous fish
Biology; Marine biology
Fish that spends most of its life feeding in the open ocean but that migrates to spawn in fresh water.
Catadromous fish
Biology; Marine biology
Fish that spawns in seawater but feed and spends most of its life in estuarine or fresh water.
Acclimation
Biology; Marine biology
Given a change of a single parameter, a readjustment of the physiology of an organism, reaching a new steady state.
Allochthonous
Biology; Marine biology
Exogenous, originating outside and transported into a given system or area (Lincoln et al., 1998).
Density-dependent factors
Biology; Marine biology
Factors, such as resource availability, that vary with population density.
Aquaculture
Biology; Marine biology
Fish and other organisms farmed or raised in freshwater environments.