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Module 8: Marine Ecology

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Ecology   The study of the relationship between an organism and it's environment  
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Abiotic   The nonliving part of the environments  
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Biotic   The living part of an environment  
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Carrying capacity   The largest population size that can be supported by a specific area with its available resources  
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Limiting resource   A factor required for a population to grow, but present in small quantities in an ecosystem.  
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Detritus   Dead organic matter and the decomposing organisms living among it  
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Productivity   The rate of photosynthesis carried on in an ecosystem  
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Carbon fixation   The converting of inorganic carbon into useful organic carbon substances  
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Nitrogen fixation   The converting of gaseous nitrogen into useful organic nitrogen substances  
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Benthic   Describing organisms that live on the ocean bottom  
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Pelagic   Describing organisms that live in the water column away from the ocean bottom  
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