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Q3 Set2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| topographer | a person who describes or maps a region |
| jibara | a word used in Puerto Rico to refer to the countryside people who farm the land in a traditional way |
| abyssal | relating to or denoting the depths or bed of the ocean |
| biomass | the total quantity or weight of organisms in a given area or volume |
| boreal | of the north or northern regions |
| choanocytes | specialized cells found in sponges |
| euphausiacea | a group of shrimplike crustacea, up to a few centimeters long; |
| eutrophic | water bodies or habitats having high concentrations of nutrients |
| flume | a research device that uses moving water in a contained space to investigate water movement and the response of organisms to water motion. |
| gill arch | a part of a fish skeleton that supports the gills |
| hadal | the depth zone corresponding to oceanic trenches |
| hermatypic | reef-building |
| hypoxia | the presence of low concentrations of oxygen in the water |
| longlines | lines with hooks at regular intervals used to catch fish |
| mustelidae | a family of mammals including minks and otters |
| oligotrophic | refers to water bodies or habitats with low concentrations of nutrients |
| osteichthyes | the bony fishes |
| peat | a sediment that is rich in organic matter |
| photosynthate | a substance synthesized in the process of photosynthesis |
| phototactic | moving in response to light |
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