GLOSSARY 



accretion 



advection 

 aggradation 

 aggregate 

 aliphatic 



alkaloid 



alluvial 



ambient 

 anastomosing 



anoxia 



anticyclonic 



areai 



attenuation 



autecology 



Acre 



Build up of land by deposition of sediments 

 The horizontal movement of water or air masses. 

 See accretion. 



Formed by the collection of particles into a mass; combined. 

 Of, relating to, or derived from fat; belonging to a group of 

 organic compounds having an open-chain structure and consisting 

 of the paraffin, olefin, and acetylene hydrocarbons and their 

 derivatives. 



One of a group of nitrogenous bases of plant origin; many are 

 toxic or of pharmaceutical value. 



Deposits formed by finely divided material laid down by running 

 water. 



Surrounding conditions. 



Uniting or interconnecting of branched systems in either two or 

 three dimensions. 



A condition resulting from the inadequate oxygenation of the 

 blood. 



Referring to a rotation that is clockwise in the Northern Hemi- 

 sphere, counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere, and un- 

 defined at the Equator. 

 Pertaining to the area of something. 



The reduction in level of quantity, such as the intensity of a wave. 

 The study of the biological relations between a single species and 

 its environment; ecology of an individual organism. 



B 



barrel (bbl) 

 bathymetric 



benthic 



berm 



biomass 



bivariate 

 brine 



buildout 



42 U.S. gallons. 



Pertaining to the measurement of ocean floor depths to deter- 

 mine the sea floor topography. 



Of, pertaining to, or living on the bottom or at the greatest depths 

 of a large body of water; refers to species attached to the sub- 

 strate, e.g., oysters, mollusks. 



A slightly elevated area along man-made and natural waterways 

 and beaches having an abrupt fall and formed by deposition of 

 materials by wave action. 



The dry weight of living matter, including stored food, present in 

 an area or volume, usually expressed in terms of a given area or 

 volume of the habitat. 



Varying in two directions; characterized as having two variables. 

 Water containing a higher concentration of dissolved salt than 

 that of the ordinary ocean. 

 Progradation. 



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