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JUNGLE PHOTOS GALAPAGOS GLOSSARY

This page is a list of words used in Jungle Photos Galapagos with their definitions.

ADAPTATION
Biological adaptation is the process of changing or adjusting to altered environmental conditions. Adaptation can occur over the life of the organism (as in the responsive adjustment of a sense organ) or as used here, it can occur within a species due to evolution by natural selection.
Definition link: adaptation

PHYTOPLANKTON
Microscopic plants that live in water and form the base of the aquatic food chain. The density of phytoplankton density is a measure of local and overall ocean productivity (biomass produced per unit area).
Definition link: phytoplankton

Sorry we are still researching other definitions for the following terms:
adaptive radiation
endemic
evolution
fledge
introduced
mutation
native
plate tectonics
siblicide
speciation
sub-species

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