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tidal prism
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wedge of fresh water overlies denser salt water
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pelagic
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offshore, beyond Continental Shelf
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benthos
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life on substrate or bed of sea, lake, spring, or rivers and streams
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neritic
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nearshore subtidal
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behavioral fevers
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lizards choose warmer microhabitats when they have an infection
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relict population
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residual population left over from time when environment could suppport its survival and reproduction, which can no longer replace itself locally
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sink habitat
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habitat where death rates exceed birth rates, and organisms are present only because of immigration from Source Habitats (where births exceed deaths)
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resource subsidy
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resources produced in one habitat that support consumers in a second habitat
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