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Contributors in Marine biology
Marine biology
Biomass
Biology; Marine biology
The amount of living material per unit area or volume; may be expressed as grammes of carbon, total dry weight, and so on.
Systematics
Biology; Marine biology
The area of biology that deals with the diversity of living organisms, their relationships to each other through evolution, and their classification. Can also be referred to as taxonomy.
Faecal coliform bacteria
Biology; Marine biology
Technically, all the facultative anaerobic gramme negative non-spore forming rod shaped bacteria that fermet lactose in EC medium with gas production within 24h at 44.5 degrees C. A measure of ...
Amphidromic point
Biology; Marine biology
The central point of a cyclonic tidal system, at which the vertical astronomical tidal range is nil, or very small, increasing progressively with increasing distance from this central point (from ...
Decomposition
Biology; Marine biology
The biochemical process where biological materials are broken down into smaller particles and eventually into basic chemical compounds and elements. See also decomposer.
Evenness
Biology; Marine biology
The component of diversity accounting for the degree to which all species are equal in abundance, as opposed to strong dominance by one or a few species.
Critical depth
Biology; Marine biology
That depth above which total integrated photosynthetic rate equals total integrated respiration of photosynthesizers.
