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Phytoplankton |
Microscopic free-floating plants |
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Zooplankton |
Microscopic free-floating animals |
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Suspension-feeding |
movement of water pass ones feeding structure |
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Primary production |
Fixation of carbon form carbon dioxide into carbohydrates |
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Sessile |
nonmotile |
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Viscosity |
Essentially measures the extent to which the molecules of a fluid stick to each other |
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Drag |
Frictional resistance |
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Reynolds Numbers |
Essentially a ratio of inertial to viscous forces |
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Hyperosmotic |
Always higher in osmotic concentration than the surrounding medium |
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Osmotic equilibrium |
The concentration of solutes in the body fluids matches that of the surrounding seawater |
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Preadaptation |
An adaptation that services one purpose, but can easily be modified to serve a different purpose |
