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