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history of marine biology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| bathyscaphe | a specially designed deep-viding submersible |
| columbian | an estuary at the border between the states of the washington and oregon that has been most adversely affectected by the construction of hydroelectric |
| Eratosthenes | Greek mathematician and astronomer who estimated the circumference of the earth and the distances to the Moon and sun |
| auv | autonomous underwater vehicle |
| forbes | he observed that plant life (marine algae) is limited to the sunlit surface water. |
| GPS | global positioning system |
| HMS challenger | oceanography as a scientific discipline is widely regarded to have begun in 1872 with the HMS challenger expedition. |
| latitude | located north or south |
| longitude | located east or west |