Property:Definition

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This is a property of type Text. It links to pages that use the form MstConcept.

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Traits relating to how a species interacts with it's surrounding environment and other associated species.  +
Traits that describe an physiological and environmental tolerance of an organism  +
Parasitic on the outer surface of its host (adapted from Lincoln ''et al.'', 1998).  +
Description of where fertilized eggs are placed or held  +
Size (diameter) of macrogamete (egg or ovum) in µm, mm, cm.  +
for example the egg sacs of copepods - carried by adult  +
A measure of height above chart datum, recorded in metres  +
A marine inlet or harbour fully enclosed from the open sea except at the entrance, not normally open to the sea at two ends. The connection with the open sea is normally less restricted than is the case with lagoons (Hiscock, 1996).  +
Forms or resembles a crust over a substratum or other organisms  +
A taxon is Endangered when the best available evidence indicates that it meets any of the criteria A to E for Endangered (see Section V), and it is therefore considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.  +
Parasitic within the tissues or organs of its host (see Lincoln ''et al.'', 1998).  +
A plant living within another plant (Lincoln ''et al.'', 1998)  +
internal structure that supports the body of an organism  +
Living within the body of an animal (Lincoln ''et al.'', 1998).  +
Broad descriptors of the major environmental regions  +
Position relative to substratum or fluid medium (air/water).  +
Young, free-swimming medusa stage typically developing from attached scyphistoma or occasionally direct from a planula. Umbrella typically composed of eight, bifurcated arms (Stachowitsch, 1992).  +
Living on the surface of the seabed.  +
An animal living on the surface of the substratum.  +
A plant living on the surface of the substratum.  +