Shawn Cheek
Marine Bio
Pd 5
Midterm Exam

1.
sessile - permanently attached or fixed; not free-moving
benthic - the bottom under a body of water
neritic - of or relating to the region of the sea over the continental shelf which is less than 200 meters deep
stenohaline - limited to or able to live only within a narrow range of saltwater concentrations
ecology - the relationship between organisms and their environment
nekton - actively swimming animals in a body of water
spring tide - the exceptionally high and low tides that occur at the time of the new moon or the full moon when the sun, moon, and earth are approximately aligned
niche - the function or position of an organism or population within an ecological community
estuary - the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix
prokaryote - a unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei
aphotic - the region of a body of water that is not reached by sunlight and in which......

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