Across
- 3. partitioning The sharing resources by specialization
- 4. The study of the interactions between organisms & their environment
- 6. A living component of of an environment
- 8. The pelagic environment above the continental shelf
- 9. The total mass of a living organisms
- 12. organisms that live in the water column away from the bottom including the plankton & nekton
- 16. The bottom the shelf break and a depth of approximately 4000 m
- 17. levels Each of the steps in a food chain
- 18. growth population growth that is constrained by biotic or aboitic factors such as competition or nutrients
Down
- 1. organisms that live on the bottom
- 2. Exclusion The elimination of one species by another as a result of competition
- 5. The pelagic environment beyond the shelf breaks
- 7. capacity The maximum population size that can be sustained by the available resources in a given environment
- 10. The bottom of the ocean
- 11. growth Unrestricted population growth where the population grows at a faster rate with each successive generation
- 13. A non living component of the environment
- 14. resource An essential factor whose short supply limits the growth of a population
- 15. The bottom below 6000m