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All of the biotic and abiotic factors acting on an organism
Environment
members of same species occupying a specified area
Population
The biological conversion of organic molecules using CO2
Primary production
An organism's environmental "role"
Niche
Any organism that relies on other organisms for their organic nutrients
heterotroph/consumer
The specific place in the environment where an organism is found
Habitat
Mutualism is an example of this type of community interaction
Symbiosis
2 or more populations interacting in the same habitat at the same time
Community
The part of the Benthic Division of the ocean that is exposed between the high tide and low tide
Intertidal/Littoral zone
The pelagic part of the ocean at the sea surface
Epipelagic zone
The balancing of an organism's ideal internal conditions despite changes to its external environment
Homeostasis
The ecological efficiency of energy transfer up the food web is ____%
10%
A symbiotic interaction where one species benefits and the other is unaffected
Commensalism
The horizontally divided part of the ocean that is directly over the continental shelf
Neritic Province
A population distribution type characterized by even spacing between individuals
uniform
The benthic portion of the seafloor in between the low tide mark and the continental shelf break
Shelf zone/sublittoral zone
The dissolution of too much ______ in seawater is ultimately responsible for ocean acidification
CO2/carbonic acid
The theoretical upper limit of a population size (represented by the letter K)
Carrying capacity
The export of this major nutrient to deep ocean sediment is responsible for the "biological pump"
Carbon
This zone of the ocean is where zero sunlight reaches
Aphotic zone
The number of offspring produced at each reproductive event
clutch size
The term that describes the 106:16:1 ratio of C:N:P in phytoplankton
Redfield Ratio
The benthic portion of the seafloor deeper than 6 km (in trenches)
Hadal zone
The benthic portion of the seafloor from ~4000-6000m depth
Abyssal zone
The benthic portion of the seafloor that includes the continental slope and continental rise
Bathyal zone