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| An organism’s lifetime pattern of growth, development, and reproduction |
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| Spread of organisms, usually progeny, from one location to another |
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| If organisms use energy for one function such as growth, the amount of energy available for other functions is reduced; leads to trade-offs between functions such as growth and reproduction or number and size of offspring |
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| The departure of individuals from a given area |
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| Process whereby individuals exchange or combine DNA, such that offspring differ genetically from their parents |
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| The arrival of individuals into a given area |
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| A directed movement of an organism between specific areas |
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| Individuals capable of producing both eggs and sperm during its lifetime |
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| Organisms that spend part of their time in the plankton but also spend time in the benthos (ie planktonic larvae of benthic invertebrates) |
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| An animal that, when sexually mature, is first a male then switches to female |
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| Planktonic-dispersing larva that derives its nourishment by feeding in the plankton |
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| An animal that, when sexually mature, is first a female then switches to male |
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| A planktonic-dispersing larve that lives off yolk supplied via the egg |
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| Systematic differences in form between males and females within a species |
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| Living in the water column landward of the shelf-slope break; aka neritic |
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| Selection for traits that are involved in mating success, such as visual elements (ie color) and combat structures (ie deer antlers) |
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| Reproduction of the individual without the production of gametes and zygotes |
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| Individuals are produced via budding; offspring can either remain attached physically to the parent (modules) or break away to become independent |
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| Parent breaks into different pieces that become new individuals |
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| Offspring develop from eggs that did not undergo fertilization |
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