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| 31319141 | desert | A terrestrial biome characterized by very low precipitation | |
| 31319142 | Detritus | Dead organic matter | |
| 31319143 | Dispersal | The movement of individuals (or gametes) away from their parent locations. This movement sometimes expands the geographic range of a population of species | |
| 31319144 | Ecology | The study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment | |
| 31319145 | ecosystem | All the organisms in a given area as well as the abiotic factors with which they interact; one or more communities and the physical environment around them | |
| 31319146 | Ecosystem ecology | The study of energy flow and the cycling of chemicals among the various biotic and abiotic components in an ecosystem | |
| 31319147 | Ecotone | The transition from one type of habitat or ecosystem to another, such as the transition from a forest to a grassland | |
| 31319148 | estuary | The area where a freshwater stream or river merges with the ocean | |
| 31319149 | Eutrophic lake | A lake that has a high rate of biological productivity supported by a high rate of nutrient cycling | |
| 31319150 | intertidal zone | The shallow zone of the ocean adjacent to the land and between the high- and low-tide lines | |
| 31319151 | Landscape ecology | The study of how the spatial arrangement of habitat types affects the distribution and abundance of organisms and ecosystem processes | |
| 31319152 | Limnetic zone | In a lake, the well-lit, open surface waters farther from shore | |
| 31319153 | Littoral zone | In a lake, the shallow, well-lit waters close to shore | |
| 31319154 | Macroclimate | Large-scale patterns in climate, the climate of an entire region | |
| 31319155 | Marine benthic zone | The ocean floor | |
| 31319156 | Neritic zone | The shallow region of the ocean overlying the continental shelf | |
| 31319157 | Oceanic pelagic biome | Most of the ocean's waters far away from shore, constantly mixed by ocean currents | |
| 31319158 | Oligotropic lake | A nutrient-poor, clear lake with few phytoplankton | |
| 31319159 | Organismal ecology | The branch of ecology concerned with the morphological, physiological, and behavioral ways in which individual organisms meet the challenges posed by their biotic and abiotic environments |
