Are ports, Portganisms? Ports constitute an important economic activity in coastal and suburban areas. Ports bring varying degrees of benefit to the local and regional economies. Ports are also important for the support of economic activities. As a broker of jobs, ports do not only serve economic and social functions but, to some extent, political functions. Seaports are not only critical economic engines, but living "organisms." In biology, an organism is defined as a contiguous living system of which, in at least some form, capable of response to stimuli, reproduction, growth and...