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| an organism that feeds on animal protein |
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| the portion of open water that is illuminated by the sun, roughly the top 100-200 meters of the ocean. |
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| an animal that eats plankton |
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| instruments that send signals to satellites maintained by the ARGOS system in Largo, Maryland, and Toulouse, France. |
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| a process completed by autotrophs and heterotrophs to convert oranic compounds and oxygen into usable energy (ATP) and release carbon dioxide |
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| measure of the amount of oxyfen within waters |
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| a body of water where fresh water from a river mixes with ocean water, usually an area with high biological productivity |
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| a natural process of nutrient overloading in waters through runoff from farmlands, fertilizers, and even coastal developments |
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| the variety of organisms that exist within an area, including micro- to macro- organisms |
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| body of water between Mexico and Florida, where scientists have found a hypoxic zone |
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| major river in the central united states that empties into the gulf of mexico |
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| the edge of a continental slope |
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| an abrupt change in the underwater landscape that occurs where the continetal shlef ends |
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| the transition between the continental shelf and the deep floor of the ocean |
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| underwater canyon similar to canyons on land that are found on some continental slopes |
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| a swift underwater avalanche of sediment and water |
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| a gentle slope at the base of a steep continental slope |
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| a flat expanse at the bottom of an ocean basin |
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| a long mountain range that forms along cracks in the ocean floor where erupting magama breaks through the earths crust |
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| an area of high volcanic activity that runs along portions of a mid ocean ridge |
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| a region where the lithosphere splits, separates and moves apart as new crust is formed |
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| an isolated underwater volcanic mountain also known as a seamount( a steep sided formation that rises sharply from the ocean bottom) |
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| a steep sided formation that rises sharply from the ocean bottom |
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| a hill on the ocean floor formed by volcanic activity |
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| region of the ocean floor where old crust sinks to the earths core and is recycled |
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| describes the physical and chemical aspects of an organisms environment |
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| relating to life and living organisms or caused by living organisms |
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| a large fishing net made to hang vertically in the water by weights at the lower edge and floats at the top |
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| small organisms that float or drift in great numbers in bodies of salt or fresh water. |
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| a succession of organisms in an ecological community that constitues a continuation of food energy from one organism to another as each consumes a lower member and in turn is preyed upon by a higher member |
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| is the physical, chemical, biological characteristics of water |
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| are the heterotrophic (sometimes detritivorous) type of plankton |
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| is the process whereby an organsim becomes better suited to its habitat. this process takes place over many generations and is one of the basic phenomena of biology |
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| a measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution |
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| is the cloudiness or haziness of a fluid caused by individual particles (suspended solids) that are generally invisible to the naked eye, similar to smoke in air |
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| leiostomus xanthurus, they have their name because of the large spot located at each gill |
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| micropogonias undulatus, this fish is one of the most abundant fishes in north america |
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| cynoscion nebulosus, this specie is most active at dawn and dusk |
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| sciaenops ocellatus, and they spawn near the shorelines |
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| anchoa mitchilli, is the most abundant and commonly found fish in the chesapeake bay |
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| menidia beryllina,these fish have large eyes and upturned mouths and a flat head |
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