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Aphotic Zone |
dark layer of the oceans below the photic zone where the sunlight does not penetrate |
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Benthos |
organisms that live attached to or near the bottom of lakes, streams, or oceans. |
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Canopy |
dense covering formed by the leafy tops of tall rain forest trees |
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Climate |
average year-to-year conditions of temperature and precipitation in an area over a long period of time |
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Commensalism |
symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed |
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Competitive exclusion principle |
principle that states that no two species can occupy the same niche in the same habitat at the same time |
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Coniferous |
term used to refer to trees that produce seed-bearing cones and have thin leaves shaped like needles |
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Deciduous |
term used to refer to a type of tree that sheds its leaves during a particular season each year |
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Ecological succession |
series of gradual changes that occurs that occur in a community following a disturbance |
