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TAPI
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Telephony Application Program Interface
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Taxonomy
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The theory and practice of describing, naming and classifying plants and animals. See also systematics.
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Thermocline
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The often sharply defined boundary between surface water and deeper, cooler water
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Threatened
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A species likely to become endangered if limiting factors are not reversed. Compare endangered, extinct, extirpated, vulnerable.
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Transect
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A straight line placed on the ground along which ecological measurements are taken. If an ecologist wanted to sample the diversity of intertidal organisms in the intertidal, he/she would place a number of transects perpendicular to the shore and take samples at predetermined interval lengths. See also quadrat.
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Trophic
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Concerning feeding habits, food chains, or nutrition
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Trophic levels
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The energy levels or steps in a food chain or food web
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TRT
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Technical Recovery Team
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