Chapter 1 Introduction Glossary
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otherwise designated by agreement between the Marine Fisheries Commission and the Wildlife Resources Commission are classified as joint fishing waters. The boundaries between inland waters, coastal waters, and the description of waters that are subject to joint jurisdiction are described in North Carolina’s Administrative Code (15A NCAC 03Q.0201 and 03Q.0202).
Juvenile . A generalized age category between immature and adult; may or may not be sexually mature.
Keystone species . A species whose impacts on its community or ecosystem are large, and much larger than would be expected from its abundance.
Lacustrine system – Lakes; impounded water bodies with salinity below 0.5 ppt and situated in a topographic depression or dammed river channel. Lakes are generally greater than 8 ha (20 acres) in size and deeper than 2 m (6.6 ft).
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Marine system - Open ocean overlying the continental shelf and coastline exposed to waves and currents of the open ocean shoreward to extreme high water of spring tides; or the seaward limit of the Estuarine System. Salinities exceed 30 ppt.
Marine . Having to do with the sea, including salt water gulfs and oceans.
Maternity colony . A group of pregnant or nursing animals that gather into a single large colony for the purposed of rearing young.
Migrate . v. The periodic movement of animals from one region of land or water to another.
Molting. The seasonal replacement of hair (in mammals) or feathers (in birds).
Mortality . Death, usually expressed as a rate.
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Native species – With respect to a particular ecosystem, a species that historically occurred or currently occurs in that ecosystem, other than as a result of an introduction [of a nonnative species]. Natural Community – An interactive assemblage of organisms, their physical environment, and the natural processes that affect them. Natural communities contain a distinct collection of plants and animals (and fungi and bacteria) associated with each other and with their physical environment. The community consists of both biotic (living: plants and animals) and abiotic (non-living: soil and water) factors.
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