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antibiosis: the relationship where one species prevents another from growing
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benthic: living on the sea bottom
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biodiversity: the level of variation of organisms within a predetermined region
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biological succession: the process by which an area that has been disturbed returns to its climax organisms
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biome: a region of earth with a characteristic climate and organism
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biotic: features of the environment arising from the activities of living organism
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climax vegetation: a community with stable vegetation existing in equilibrium with the environment
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commensalism: a relationship between two unrelated species in which one species benefits and the other is neither harmed nor benefited
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consumers: an organism that eats plants or animals
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food chain: a chain of organisms in a community through which energy is transfered
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food web: all the interacting food chains within a community
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host: an organism supporting a parasite
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intertidal: a shoreline zone which is alternately covered by water
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mutualism: a relationship between two organisms where both benefit
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natural community: the assemblage of populations within a certain area
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necton: swimming organisms of the pelagic zone
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parasitism: the relationship between two organisms where one benefits and the other is harmed
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pelagic: free floating or swimming organisms in a body of water
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photosynthesis: the light dependent synthesis of carbon from inorganic molecules
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phylogenetic: a biological classification of organisms according to the evolutionary history
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phytoplankton: members of the plankton which can produce their own food by photosynthesis
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plankton: organisms free floating in the pelagic zone
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producers: plants which produce food by photosynthesis
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zooplankton: animal members of the plankton community