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Compensation light intensity
Biology; Marine biology
That light intensity at which oxygen evolved from a photosynthesizing organism equals that consumed in its respiration.
Nuisance bloom
Biology; Marine biology
A rapid increase of one or only a few species of phytoplankton, resulting in densities high enough to cause discoloration of the surface water, possible increase of toxins, and degradation of water ...
Biogenic graded bedding
Biology; Marine biology
A regular change of sediment median grain size with depth below the sediment-water interface caused by the activities of burrowing organisms.
Herbivore
Biology; Marine biology
A plant-eating animal. Sea urchins re a good example of a marine herbivore as they feed on kelp. See also heterotroph, primary consumer.
Diversity gradient
Biology; Marine biology
A regular change in diversity correlated with a geographic space or gradient of some environmental factor.
Lecithotrophic larva
Biology; Marine biology
A planktonic-dispersing larva that lives off yolk supplied via the egg.
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