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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A bryozoan heterozooid that possesses long setae, or bristles, and may function in cleaning the colony.
Industry:Natural environment
A local population or group whose appearance is determined by ecological factors.
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A population descended from a common ancestor; a group of similar haplotypes that share a common ancestor with a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) mutation.
Industry:Natural environment
A species of hydroid (Millepora sp.) That frequently is brownish to orange-yellow in color and forms encrusting colonies that can assume the shape of its support structure. Their nematocysts release a virulent toxin which causes painful welts on human skin. Fire corals are not true corals (see Hydrozoa).
Industry:Natural environment
A unit of air or water pressure expressed as pounds per square inch (psi).
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An individual atom of hydrogen which is not attached to a molecule and therefore has a positive (+) charge.
Industry:Natural environment
Automated bleaching alerts/warnings directly from satellite and/or in situ derived indices.
Industry:Natural environment
In taxonomy, a population occurring at the type locality.
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