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| The study of how an organism carries out the basic functions such as reproduction, locomotion, feeding, and the cellular and biochemical processes relating to digestion, respiration, and other aspects of metabolism |
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| Vaguely defined as the zone between the highest and lowest extent of the tide |
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| The study of the interaction of organisms with their physical and biological environments, and how these interactions determine the distribution and abundance of the organisms |
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| Seawater environments landward of the shelf-slope break |
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| The number of species in an area or biological collection |
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| Associated with seawater environments seaward of the shelf-slope break, aka pelagic |
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| Living in the water column seaward of the shelf-slope break, aka oceanic |
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| A refutable statement about one or a series of phenomena |
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| The 0-150 meter depth zone, seaward of the shelf-slope break |
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| Organisms living suspended in the water column and incapable of moving against water currents |
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| The 200-1000 meter depth zone, seaward of the shelf-slope break |
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| Planktonic organisms associated with the air-water interface |
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| The 1000-4000 meter depth zone in the ocean |
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| Organisms with swimming abilities that permit them to move actively through the water column and to move against currents |
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| The 4000-6000 meter depth zone in the ocean |
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| Organisms that live associated with the sea bottom, ie burrowing clams, sea grasses, sea urchins, acorn barnacles, etc. |
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| The depth zone corresponding to oceanic trenches |
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| Living within a soft sediment and being large enough to displace sedimentary grains |
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| Pertaining to the ocean floor |
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| An animal living on the surface of the seabed |
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