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| biodiversity | the number, variety, and genetic variation of different organisms found within a specified geographic region |
| ecosystem | an ecological community together with its environment, functioning as a unit |
| fisheries | A place where fish or other aquatic animals are caught |
| global | Of, relating to, or involving the entire earth; worldwide |
| habitats | the area or environment where an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs |
| research | scientific investigation or inquiry |
| conservation | protection, preservation, management, or restoration of wildlife and of natural resources such as forests, soil, and bodies of water |
| census | a periodic count of the population |
| communities | an assemblage of interacting populations occupying a given area |
| species | a category of biological classification, composed of related individuals that resemble one another, are able to breed among themselves, but are not able to breed with members of another species |
| diversity | variety |
| adaptation | any alteration in the structure or function of an organism or any of its parts that results from natural selection and by which the organism becomes better fitted to survive and multiply in its environment |
| oceans | vast bodies of salt water that cover almost three fourths of the earth's surface |
| history | the record of past events |
| future | something that will exist or happen in time to come |
| education | the knowledge or skill obtained or developed by a learning process |
| abundance | a great or plentiful amount |
| climate | the meteorological conditions, including temperature, precipitation, and wind, that characteristically prevail in a particular region |
| outreach | a systematic attempt to provide services to particular segments of a community |
| distribution | the geographic occurrence or range of an organism |
