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| An organism that lives on the surface of hard sediments. |
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| Animal that lives in the spaces between sediment particles. |
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| microphytoplankton (my-kroh-FYT-ohplank-tuhn) |
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| Phytoplankton ranging from 20 to 200 micrometers. |
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| Autotrophic plankton smaller than 20 micrometers. |
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| neritic zone (neh-RIT-ik) |
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| The zone of water that lies over the continental shelves. |
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| Unevenly distributed, localized aggregations of plankton in the sea or benthic organisms on the seafloor. |
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| The uneven distribution of organisms in a population or a community. |
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| A region of turbid water that spreads out from the mouth of a river or an estuary as it enters coastal seas. |
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| Loose particles of inorganic and organic material. |
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| The force exerted by currents on an area of sea bottom. |
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| The layer of low vegetation on the floor of a kelp forest. |
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