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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The vertical distance between the crest and adjacent trough of a wave.
Industry:Natural environment
Pointcount for Coral Reefs is a Windows/Win95-based program developed to utilize the random point count method to accurately estimate percent coverage of corals, sponges, and associated substrate from frame grabbed underwater video imagery.
Industry:Natural environment
A circulatory system in which blood flows through blood vessels at all times. Blood flows from arteries to capillaries and through veins, but the tissues surrounding the vessels are not directly bathed by blood. Some invertebrates and all vertebrates have closed circulatory systems.
Industry:Natural environment
A full or partial garment that is worn by scuba divers for protection against heat loss. Water conducts heat away from the body about 20 times faster than air. In addition to providing warmth, exposure suits also serve to protect from minor scrapes, stings and abrasions. There are three kinds of exposure suits: wet suits, which allows water to seep in between the insulated rubber covering and the skin. They come in a variety of thicknesses suitable for insulation in water as cold as 50 degrees F; body suits, made from Lycra or nylon.They provide full length abrasion protection, but only minimal insulation; and dry suits which are water-tight garments that keeps the divers body warm by providing insulation with a layer of gas, such as air. It is used for diving in waters that are too cold for comfortable wet suit protection, usually below 65 degrees F.
Industry:Natural environment
A membranous or muscular structure in mollusks that surrounds the visceral mass and secretes a shell if one is present.
Industry:Natural environment
A reef that forms on the continental shelf of large land masses.
Industry:Natural environment
A substance similar in its properties to an extracellular bacterial toxin.
Industry:Natural environment
An organic nonprotein molecule that binds with the protein molecule to form the active enzyme.
Industry:Natural environment
Classification based on degree of overall similarity.
Industry:Natural environment
