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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Illness or disease; the incidence and prevalence of a specific disease.
Industry:Natural environment
The variety of different types of genes or alleles in a species or population.
Industry:Natural environment
A circular movement of water formed on the side of a main current.
Industry:Natural environment
A sub-microscopic, obligate intracellular parasite that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; the structure of a virus is basically a strand of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin protein shell. A virus is not a cell, and is "lifelike" only when replicating itself at the expense of the host cell.
Industry:Natural environment
Chemical substances of mineral origin which contain no organically produced carbon.
Industry:Natural environment
A circulating tissue composed of a fluid portion (plasma) with suspended formed elements (red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets) that delivers nutrients and hormones to cells and removes wastes; In some invertebrates, the blood is called the haemolymph.
Industry:Natural environment
El estiércol de aves y murciélagos que a menudo se utiliza como fertilizante.
Industry:Natural environment
