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EEMB/ES 152 - Applied Marine Ecology (Holbrook, Winter 2023): Search Terms

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Search Terms

What key terms will you use in searching to help answer this question?  Use a Thesaurus to help you with synonyms.

 

      General, Related Words:                                        Synonyms:

  _____________________________                    _______________________________

  _____________________________                    _______________________________

 

Example:

marine, benthic, ocean, oceanic 

 

Search relevant databases using the keywords you came up with, combining synonyms:

( _____________________  OR  _____________________  OR  ____________________ )

AND

( _____________________  OR  _____________________  OR  ____________________ )

AND

( _____________________  OR  _____________________  OR  ____________________ )

 

Example:

(marine OR benthic OR ocean*)

AND

acidifi*

This can also be written as: 

(marine OR benthic OR ocean*) AND acidifi*

Tip:

Search for phrases using quotation marks.

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