Marine Biology: An Ecological Approach |
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... marine plants and animals are buoyed up by water , they do not need to have a significant amount of their biomass ... marine organisms is reflected in the differences in the dominant biochemical compounds found in terrestrial and marine ...
... marine plants and animals are buoyed up by water , they do not need to have a significant amount of their biomass ... marine organisms is reflected in the differences in the dominant biochemical compounds found in terrestrial and marine ...
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... marine environment and the terrestrial and the other between marine and fresh water . The intertidal zone or littoral zone is that shore area lying between the extremes of high and low tide ; it represents the transitional area from marine ...
... marine environment and the terrestrial and the other between marine and fresh water . The intertidal zone or littoral zone is that shore area lying between the extremes of high and low tide ; it represents the transitional area from marine ...
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... marine ecosystem . Chemicals More insidious than oil or sewage , which are at least visible , are the various invisible toxic chemicals produced by the industrialized nations that find their way into the oceans ' ecosystems . These ...
... marine ecosystem . Chemicals More insidious than oil or sewage , which are at least visible , are the various invisible toxic chemicals produced by the industrialized nations that find their way into the oceans ' ecosystems . These ...
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abundant adaptations algae algal amphipods anemones animals areas associations Atlantic bacteria barnacles benthic benthos Biol biological bottom burrowing changes clams Cnidaria colonies community structure competition copepods coral reefs crabs crustaceans deep sea density deposit feeders depth desiccation detritus diatoms distribution diversity dominant ecology effect environment estuary example fauna feeding Figure fishes gastropod grazing growth herbivores increased infaunal interactions interstitial intertidal zone invertebrates kelp large numbers larvae layers light limpets low tide macrofauna mangrove marine meiofauna meiofaunal organisms mesopelagic mollusks mud flats nekton number of species nutrients occur ocean oxygen Pacific coast particles patterns pelagic percent Photo courtesy photophores physical factors phytoplankton plankton plants Plate polychaete population predators prey primary productivity reduced result rocky intertidal rocky shores salinity sand beaches sand flats seagrass seagrass beds seawater sediment space substrate subtidal surface suspension feeders temperate temperature terrestrial tidal tropical various vertical water column wave action zonation zooplankton zooxanthellae