Across
- 3. Movement of nutrients through biotic/abiotic phases
- 5. Species with outsized ecological impact
- 7. Contaminant buildup within a single organism
- 8. Hydrocarbon deposit from ancient organic matter
- 11. Organisms drifting in the pelagic zone
- 14. Ability of a medium to transmit fluids
- 15. Anthropogenic rise in global mean temperature
- 17. Logarithmic scale for hydrogen ion activity
- 20. Large regional ecosystem type
- 22. Organism producing complex organic compounds
- 23. Stable carbon isotope used in paleoclimate proxy
- 24. Transition area between two distinct biomes
- 25. Atmospheric cell between equator and 30°
- 26. High-pressure system with sinking air
- 27. Self-regulating process to maintain equilibrium
Down
- 1. Human-centered environmental worldview
- 2. Pollutants that resist environmental degradation
- 3. Total mass of living matter in a given area
- 4. Capacity of a system to return to equilibrium
- 6. Organic component of soil from decayed matter
- 9. Depth where photosynthesis equals respiration
- 10. Environment lacking dissolved oxygen
- 11. Breaking of rocks without chemical change
- 12. Organism reflecting specific ecosystem health
- 13. Capture of CO₂ in long-term reservoirs
- 16. Study of biological timing/seasonal cycles
- 18. Marine layer where salinity changes rapidly
- 19. Heat transfer through fluid mass movement
- 21. Symbiosis where both species benefit
- 26. Ratio of reflected solar radiation