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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Boat-shaped.
Industry:Natural environment
Having an internal body temperature that is dependent on the surrounding temperature. Most aquatic animals are ectotherms; also caled poikilothermal or "cold blooded".
Industry:Natural environment
In taxonomy, the characters, or most important characters, which distinguish a taxon from other similar or closely related taxa.
Industry:Natural environment
Organisms which are invisible, or nearly so, to the naked eye.
Industry:Natural environment
Sound waves that have a frequency that is lower than what humans can hear (i.e. Below about 20 hertz). Some baleen whales and elephants produce infrasounds to communicate over long distances.
Industry:Natural environment
The political/social/economic process by which the environment is protected and resources are used wisely.
Industry:Natural environment
The third term of the trinomen, a subspecies.
Industry:Natural environment
The largest complex barrier coral reef in the world, approximately 2,000 km (1,250 mi) long, in the Coral Sea, forming a natural breakwater for the northeastern coast of Australia. It is separated from the mainland by a shallow lagoon from 16–161 km (10 to 100 mi) wide. It is It is composed of more than 2,800 individual reefs and in some places it is more than 122 m (400 ft) thick. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, more than 340,000 km2 (130,000 mi2), encompasses most of the reefs and interreef areas as well as the neighboring lagoon and a large section of the continental shelf. It is the largest UNESCO World Heritage Area.
Industry:Natural environment
The best guess arrived at after considering all the information given in a problem.
Industry:Natural environment
A change in the timing of ontogenetic events between two species. These can be the result of relatively small genetic changes between an ancestor and its descendant species.
Industry:Natural environment
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