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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Light or sky blue color.
Industry:Natural environment
Planktonic organisms that spend their entire life cycle in the floating state, as contrasted with organisms, such as fishes, which spend only a portion of their life cycle (eggs, larvae) as members of the planktonic community.
Industry:Natural environment
The addition of a phosphate group to a compound.
Industry:Natural environment
The heating that occurs when gases such as carbon dioxide trap heat escaping from the Earth and radiate it back to the surface.
Industry:Natural environment
The rear (back) end of a vessel.
Industry:Natural environment
A complex molecule which is the main component of dietary and body fat. It is made up of a combination of glycerol and three fatty acids.
Industry:Natural environment
A green pigment present in green plants and cyanobacteria. Chlorophyll is essential in the transformation of light energy to chemical energy in photosynthesis.
Industry:Natural environment
A molluskan larva in which the foot, mantle and shell first make their appearance.
Industry:Natural environment
A sac, covered with nematocysts, that protrudes from below the sweeper tentacles or on the column of certain anthozoans.
Industry:Natural environment
A system in which no matter or energy can leave or enter from the outside.
Industry:Natural environment
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