|
TERM |
SPANISH |
DEFINITION |
|
abandon |
abandonar |
mother stops caring for pup under stressful conditions |
|
conspecific |
conspecifico/a |
within the species |
|
consumer |
el consumidor |
feeds on another living organism |
|
dependence |
la dependencia |
reliance on mother or reliance on a food source |
|
fecundity |
la fecundación |
capability of producing offspring |
|
food chain |
la cadena de comida |
linear sequence linking organisms to what they eat |
|
habitat |
el hábitat |
native environment of plants or animals |
|
habituate |
acostumbrar, habituar |
to get used to |
|
haul out |
sacar |
to come out of the ocean onto the shore |
|
imprint |
imprimir |
to bond to parent or to learn behaviors from the parent early in life |
|
nutrients |
el nutritivo |
food or chemicals necessary for growth, life, or reproduction. |
|
otariids |
|
pinnipeds with external ear flaps that can walk on their hind flippers |
|
parasite |
el parásito |
organisms that lives off another living thing and causes it harm |
|
phocids |
|
pinnipeds without external ears that cannot walk on their flippers. Also called true seals. |
|
phytoplankton |
el fitoplancton |
small drifting plants |
|
pinniped |
el pinnípedo |
seals, sea lions, and walruses |
|
producer |
el productor |
organisms that convert sunlight or chemical energy and nutrients into living tissue |
|
pup |
la cria |
young pinnipeds less than one year in age |
|
strand |
dejar desamparado |
to come to the beach and not leave because of illness or injuries |
|
subadult |
subadulto/a |
animals from 2 to 5 years in age |
|
upwelling |
el corriente vertical |
movement of nutrient-rich bottom water to the surface |
|
wean |
destetar |
to stop feeding milk to the pup |
|
yearling |
de un año |
one year old animals |
|
zooplankton |
el zoóplancton |
drifting animals in the sea |
