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68 relations: Abiotic component, Africa, Ampullae of Lorenzini, Animal migration, Atlantic Ocean, Baja California, Bay, Behavioral ecology, Benthic zone, Bimini, Biological specificity, Birth, Brazil, Camouflage, Cannibalism, Clasper, Cloaca, Continental shelf, Coral reef, Courtship, Crustacean, Delicacy, Dominance hierarchy, Dorsal fin, Ecological niche, Ecuador, Electroreception, Fecundity, Feeding frenzy, Felipe Poey, Fish fin, Foraging, Fresh water, Gestation, International Shark Attack File, International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN Red List, List of sharks, Mangrove, Metabolism, Model organism, Mojarra, New Jersey, Nocturnality, Ontogeny, Oogenesis, Opportunism, Optimal foraging theory, Oviduct, Pacific Ocean, ..., Parrotfish, Philopatry, Physiology, Piscivore, Polyandry, Predation, Requiem shark, Samuel H. Gruber, Scavenger, Shark, Snout, Social relation, Stalking, Subtropics, The Bahamas, University of Miami, Vitellogenesis, Viviparity. Expand index (18 more) »
Abiotic component
In biology and ecology, abiotic components or abiotic factors are non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms and the functioning of ecosystems.
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Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).
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Ampullae of Lorenzini
The ampullae of Lorenzini are special sensing organs called electroreceptors, forming a network of jelly-filled pores.
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Animal migration
Animal migration is the relatively long-distance movement of individual animals, usually on a seasonal basis.
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Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.
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Baja California
Baja CaliforniaSometimes informally referred to as Baja California Norte (North Lower California) to distinguish it from both the Baja California Peninsula, of which it forms the northern half, and Baja California Sur, the adjacent state that covers the southern half of the peninsula.
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Bay
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay.
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Behavioral ecology
Behavioral ecology, also spelled behavioural ecology, is the study of the evolutionary basis for animal behavior due to ecological pressures.
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Benthic zone
The benthic zone is the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water such as an ocean or a lake, including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers.
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Bimini
Bimini is the westernmost district of the Bahamas and comprises a chain of islands located about due east of Miami.
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Biological specificity
In biology, biological specificity is the tendency of a characteristic such as a behavior or a biochemical variation to occur in a particular species.
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Birth
Birth is the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring.
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Brazil
Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.
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Camouflage
Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see (crypsis), or by disguising them as something else (mimesis).
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Cannibalism
Cannibalism is the act of one individual of a species consuming all or part of another individual of the same species as food.
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Clasper
In biology, a clasper is a male anatomical structure found in some groups of animals, used in mating.
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Cloaca
In animal anatomy, a cloaca (plural cloacae or) is the posterior orifice that serves as the only opening for the digestive, reproductive, and urinary tracts (if present) of many vertebrate animals, opening at the vent.
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Continental shelf
The continental shelf is an underwater landmass which extends from a continent, resulting in an area of relatively shallow water known as a shelf sea.
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Coral reef
Coral reefs are diverse underwater ecosystems held together by calcium carbonate structures secreted by corals.
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Courtship
Courtship is the period of development towards an intimate relationship wherein people (usually a couple) get to know each other and decide if there will be an engagement or other romantic arrangement.
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Crustacean
Crustaceans (Crustacea) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, woodlice, and barnacles.
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Delicacy
A delicacy is usually a rare or expensive food item that is considered highly desirable, sophisticated or peculiarly distinctive, within a given culture.
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Dominance hierarchy
Dominance hierarchy is a type of social hierarchy that arises when members of a social group interact, often aggressively, to create a ranking system.
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Dorsal fin
A dorsal fin is a fin located on the back of most marine and freshwater vertebrates such as fishes, cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises), and the (extinct) ichthyosaur.
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Ecological niche
In ecology, a niche (CanE, or) is the fit of a species living under specific environmental conditions.
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Ecuador
Ecuador (Ikwadur), officially the Republic of Ecuador (República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Ikwadur Ripuwlika), is a representative democratic republic in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
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Electroreception
Electroreception or electroception is the biological ability to perceive natural electrical stimuli.
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Fecundity
In human demography and population biology, fecundity is the potential for reproduction of an organism or population, measured by the number of gametes (eggs), seed set, or asexual propagules.
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Feeding frenzy
In ecology, a feeding frenzy occurs when predators are overwhelmed by the amount of prey available.
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Felipe Poey
Felipe Poey y Aloy (May 26, 1799 – January 28, 1891) was a Cuban zoologist.
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Fish fin
Fins are usually the most distinctive anatomical features of a fish.
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Foraging
Foraging is searching for wild food resources.
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Fresh water
Fresh water (or freshwater) is any naturally occurring water except seawater and brackish water.
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Gestation
Gestation is the carrying of an embryo or fetus inside viviparous animals.
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International Shark Attack File
The International Shark Attack File is a global database of shark attacks.
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.
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IUCN Red List
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List), founded in 1964, has evolved to become the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species.
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List of sharks
Sharks belong to the superorder Selachimorpha in the subclass Elasmobranchii, in the class Chondrichthyes.
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Mangrove
A mangrove is a shrub or small tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water.
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Metabolism
Metabolism (from μεταβολή metabolē, "change") is the set of life-sustaining chemical transformations within the cells of organisms.
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Model organism
A model organism is a non-human species that is extensively studied to understand particular biological phenomena, with the expectation that discoveries made in the organism model will provide insight into the workings of other organisms.
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Mojarra
The mojarras are a family, Gerreidae, of fish in the order Perciformes.
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New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Northeastern United States.
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Nocturnality
Nocturnality is an animal behavior characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day.
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Ontogeny
Ontogeny (also ontogenesis or morphogenesis) is the origination and development of an organism, usually from the time of fertilization of the egg to the organism's mature form—although the term can be used to refer to the study of the entirety of an organism's lifespan.
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Oogenesis
Oogenesis, ovogenesis, or oögenesis is the differentiation of the ovum (egg cell) into a cell competent to further development when fertilized.
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Opportunism
Opportunism is the conscious policy and practice of taking advantage of circumstances – with little regard for principles, or with what the consequences are for others.
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Optimal foraging theory
Optimal foraging theory (OFT) is a model that helps predict how an animal behaves when searching for food.
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Oviduct
In vertebrates, other than mammals, the passageway from the ovaries to the outside of the body is known as the oviduct.
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Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions.
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Parrotfish
Parrotfishes are a group of marine species found in relatively shallow tropical and subtropical oceans around the world.
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Philopatry
Philopatry is the tendency of an organism to stay in or habitually return to a particular area.
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Physiology
Physiology is the scientific study of normal mechanisms, and their interactions, which work within a living system.
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Piscivore
A piscivore is a carnivorous animal that eats primarily fish.
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Polyandry
Polyandry (from πολυ- poly-, "many" and ἀνήρ anēr, "man") is a form of polygamy in which a woman takes two or more husbands at the same time.
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Predation
Predation is a biological interaction where a predator (a hunting animal) kills and eats its prey (the organism that is attacked).
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Requiem shark
Requiem sharks are sharks of the family Carcharhinidae in the order Carcharhiniformes, containing migratory, live-bearing sharks of warm seas (sometimes of brackish or fresh water) such as the spinner shark, the blacknose shark, the blacktip shark, the grey reef shark, and the blacktip reef shark.
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Samuel H. Gruber
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Scavenger
Scavenging is both a carnivorous and a herbivorous feeding behavior in which the scavenger feeds on dead animal and plant material present in its habitat.
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Shark
Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head.
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Snout
A snout is the protruding portion of an animal's face, consisting of its nose, mouth, and jaw.
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Social relation
In social science, a social relation or social interaction is any relationship between two or more individuals.
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Stalking
Stalking is unwanted or repeated surveillance by an individual or group towards another person.
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Subtropics
The subtropics are geographic and climate zones located roughly between the tropics at latitude 23.5° (the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn) and temperate zones (normally referring to latitudes 35–66.5°) north and south of the Equator.
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The Bahamas
The Bahamas, known officially as the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an archipelagic state within the Lucayan Archipelago.
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University of Miami
The University of Miami (informally referred to as UM, U of M, or The U) is a private, nonsectarian research university in Coral Gables, Florida, United States.
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Vitellogenesis
Vitellogenesis (also known as yolk deposition) is the process of yolk formation via nutrients being deposited in the oocyte, or female germ cell involved in reproduction of lecithotrophic organisms.
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Viviparity
Among animals, viviparity is development of the embryo inside the body of the parent, eventually leading to live birth, as opposed to reproduction by laying eggs that complete their incubation outside the parental body.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_shark
