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Chapter 26: The Biosphere |
p. 518: environmental gain, homeostasis
p. 519: endotherms, Allens rule, Bergmanns rule
p. 520: shortwave radiation, longwave radiation
p. 521: doldrums, polar front, trade winds, prevailing westerlies
p. 522: windward, leeward, rain shadow effect, Mediterranean climate, monsoon
p. 523: microclimate
p. 524: biomes
p. 526: tropical rainforests, savannas
p. 527: deserts, temperate grasslands, prairies
p. 528: temperate deciduous forests, temperate evergreen forests
p. 529: taiga, tundra, permafrost
p. 530: polar ice, mountain zone (alpine), chaparral
p. 531: warm, moist evergreen forest, tropical monsoon forest (tropical upland forest), semidesert (tropical dry or thornwood forests)
p. 532: gyres, Gulf Stream, Humboldt Current, upwelling
p. 533: El Niño Southern Oscillations
p. 534: endemic
p. 535: neritic zone, pelagic zone, benthic zone, intertidal region, littoral region, coral reefs
p. 536: plankton, nekton
p. 537: bioluminescent, chemosynthesis
p. 538: ponds, lakes, photic zone, aphotic zone, littoral zone, limnetic zone, profundal zone
p. 539: thermal stratification, epilimnion, hypolimnion, thermocline, fall overturn, spring overturn
p. 540: eutrophic lakes, oligotrophic lakes, wetlands, hydrophytes
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