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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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