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Ecology

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Populations   Members of species interact in groups  
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Community   Populations of different species in area  
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Consumers   Herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, decomposers, detrivores  
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Aerobic resp   Opposite of photosynthesis  
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Anaerobic resp   Breaks down glucose in absence of oxygen  
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Rule of 90   B/c of 2nd law, 90% of energy is lost in form of heat  
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Indicator species   Sensitive, indicates health of ecosystem, canary, fish  
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Keystone   Producers, bees  
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Foundation   Allows for more diverse ecosystem, elephants.  
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Founder / Pioneer   1st to arrive in new area, lichen  
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Succession   Primary- no soil, secondary- soil exists  
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Climax community   No new communities  
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Mutualism   Win/win, bees  
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Commensalism   Win/nothing, NEMO and sea anenome  
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Parasitism   Win/lose,  
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Competition   Predator/prey  
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Endemic species   Only one location, big, close island has hi diversity  
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Eutrophication   High NPP  
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Evolution   Change of gene frequency In a population over time  
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Plankton   Free floating, weakly swimming  
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Necton   Fish, turtles, whales  
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Benthos   Bottom dwellers, oysters  
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Decomposers   Breaks down inorganic compounds  
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Euphotic, bathyal, abyssal   Surface, middle, dark bottom  
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Littoral   Near shore, shallow  
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Limnetic   Open, offshore, sunlit  
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Profundal   Deep, too dark  
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Benthic   Bottom of lake, nourished  
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