Marine Biology

Vocabulary List
Chapter 2 Vocabulary List
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habitat
density
core
mantle
crust
basalt
granite
continental drift
Pangaea
plate tectonics
mid-ocean ridge
fault
trenches
rifts
sea-floor spreading
lithosphere

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asthenosphere
subduction
island arc
convection
Panthalassa
Laurasia
Gondwana
lithogenous sediment
red clay
biogenous sediment
calcium carbonate
calcareous ooze
interglacial period
ice age
continental margin
continental shelf
Chapter 3 Vocabulary List

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continental slope
continental rise
submarine canyon
shelf break
deep sea fan
active margin
passive margin
abyssal plain
seamount
guyot
central rift valley
hydrothermal vent
sulfide
black smoker

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hydrogen bonds
density
latent heat of melting
heat capacity
latent heat of evaporation
evaporative cooling
salts
weathering
solutes
salinity
practical salinity units (psu)
rule of constant proportions
water column
gas exchange
atmosphere (of pressure)

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Coriolis effect
trade winds
westerlies
equatorial currents
gyres
stratified
surface layer
thermoclines
intermediate layer
main thermocline
deep (bottom) layer
downwelling
overturn
water mass
thermohaline circulation
Chapter 4 Vocabulary List

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great ocean conveyor

waves
fetch
sea
swell
surf
tidal range
spring tide
neap tide
semidiurnal
mixed semidiurnal tide
diurnal tide
tide table

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metabolism
chitin
cellulose
amino acids
enzymes
hormones
lipids
nucleic acids
autotrophs
heterotrophs
aerobic respiration
anaerobic respiration
primary production
primary producers

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prokaryotes
eukaryotes
population
species
community
ecosystem
habitat
plankton
benthos
nekton
diffusion
solute
osmosis
active transport
Chapter 5 Vocabulary List

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osmoconformers
osmoregulator
ectotherm
endotherm
poikilotherms
homeotherms
asexual reproduction
sexual reproduction
larva
hermaphrodites
binomial nomenclature
phylogeny
taxon

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algae (alga)

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anoxic

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archaea (archaeum)

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auxospores
bacteria
bioluminescence
blooms
calcareous
carotenoid
chemoautotrophic
cilia (cilium)
ciliates
coccolithophorids
Cryptophytes
cyanobacteria
decay bacteria (see
decomposers)

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detritus
diatoms
dinoflagellates
endolithic alga
endophytes
epiphytes
foraminiferans
frustule
fungi
lichens
nitrogen fixation
photophore
phycobilins
phytoplankton

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plankton
primary producers
protists
protozoans
pseudopodia
radiolarians
red tides
silicoflagellates
stromatolites
zooanthellae
zooplankton

Chapter 6 Vocabulary List

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seaweeds
macrophytes
macroalgae
thallus
blades
pneumatocysts
stipe
holdfast
green algae
brown algae
fucoxanthin
rockweeds (wracks)
invertebrates
sessile
suspension feeders
spongin
larva
metamorphosis
coelenterates
radial symmetry
nematocysts
polyp
medusa
epidermis
gastrodermis
vertebrates
demersal
bony fishes
operculum
fin ray
swim bladder
chromatophores
structural colors
iridophores
warning coloration
cryptic coloration

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kelp
red algae
phycobilins
coralline algae
encrusting
spores
zoospore
mitosis
meiosis
sporophyte
gametophyte
alternation of generations
Chapter 7 Vocabulary List

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carposporophyte
mariculture
phycocolloids
algin
carrageenan
agar
flowering plants
seagrasses
pollen
halophytes
mangroves

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mesoglea
septa
extracellular digestion
intracellular digestion
nerve cells
statocysts
bilateral symmetry
mesoderm
proboscis
hydrostatic skeleton
coelom
parapodia
setae
Chapter 8 Vocabulary List

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swarming
symbiotic
chitin
valves
siphons
enzyme
open circulatory system
ganglia
spermatophore
exoskeleton
evisceration

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disruptive coloration
countershading
myomeres
gill rakers
gill arches
grazers
spiral valve
cloaca
gas exchange
spiracles
gill filaments

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lamellae
hemoglobin
erythrocytes
myoglobin
rectal gland
olfactory sacs
nictitating membrane
lateral line
ampullae of Lorenzini
inner ear
ear stones (otoliths)

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anadromous
catadromous
urogenital opening

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ambergris
amphibians
baleen
birds
blowhole
blubber
breaching
Cetacea
convergent evolution
delayed implantation
DNA
drift nets
echolocation
ectotherms

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sex hormone
claspers
oviparous
Chapter 9 Vocabulary List
endotherms
flukes
genital slit
gestation
great whales
guano
harems
homeotherms
International Whaling
Commission (IWC)
krill
mammals
mammary glands
melon

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yolk sac
ovoviviparous
viviparous

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ovulation
pinnipeds
placenta
pods
poikilotherms
reptiles
rorquals
salt glands
spermaceti organ
spout (blow)
tetrapods
uterus