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GLOSSARY OF TERMS

 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