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41Wetland — For other uses, see Wetland (disambiguation). The Florida Everglades massive wetland system in the United States saw 1.7 billion gallons of fresh water flushed from it daily and pumped into the ocean following one of the most successive water… …
42Copepod — Temporal range: Early Cretaceous – Recent …
43Photosynthetic picoplankton — is the fraction of the plankton performing photosynthesis composed by cells between 0.2 and 2 µm (picoplankton). It is especially important in the central oligotrophic regions of the world oceans that have very low concentration of nutrients.… …
44Diel vertical migration — Diel vertical migration, also known as diurnal vertical migration, is a pattern of movement that some organisms living in the ocean and in lakes undertake each day. Usually organisms move up to the epipelagic zone at night and return to the… …
45Resilience (ecology) — For other uses, see Resilience (disambiguation). Lake and Mulga ecosystems with alternative stable states[1] In ecology, resilience is the capacity of an ecosyst …
46Nanophytoplankton — are free floating, aquatic plant; contains algae, protists, and cyanobacteria; photosynthetic, autotrophic plankton. They have chlorophyll in their cells. The main difference between nanophytoplankton and plankton is its smaller size (2… …
47Spawn (biology) — The spawn (eggs) of a clownfish. The black spots are the eyes developing. Spawn refers to the eggs and sperm released or deposited, usually into water, by aquatic animals. As a verb, spawn refers to the process of releasing the eggs and sperm,… …
48Crustacean larvae — Larval and adult prawns Nauplius larva Adult Penaeus monodon …
49Coscinodiscophyceae — Diatoms Marine diatoms Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota …
50marine ecosystem — Introduction complex of living organisms in the ocean environment. Marine waters cover two thirds of the surface of the Earth. In some places the ocean is deeper than Mount Everest is high; for example, the Mariana Trench and the… …
