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Chapter 19: Biomes and ecosystems
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biome
A group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms
desert
An extremely dry area with little water and few plants
grassland
A biome where grasses are the main plant life
temperate
regions of earth between the tropics and the polar circles
taiga
Dense forests of coniferous evergreens along the northern edge of the temperate zone
tundra
An extremely cold, dry biome.
salinity
A measure of the amount of dissolved salts in a given amount of liquid
wetland
A land area that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the year
estuary
A habitat in which the fresh water of a river meets the salt water of the ocean.
intertidal zone
Portion of the shoreline that lies between the high and low tide lines
coral reef
the most diverse marine biome on Earth, found in warm, shallow waters beyond the shoreline
ecological succession
the process of one ecological community gradually changing into another
climax community
A stable, mature community that undergoes little or no change in species over time
pioneer species
First species to populate an area during primary succession
eutrophication
is the process of a body of water becoming nutrient rich
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