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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Small fishes which which occur in large numbers and serve as food for predatory fishes.
Industry:Natural environment
The physiological responses, including bradycardia and shutdown of the peripheral circulation, which occurs during dives by an air-breathing vertebrate.
Industry:Natural environment
The term is described as an attempt to quantify the area of ocean that a benthic system may depend on for planktonic food production and supply. This concept of ocean catchment may be used as a basis for examining the spatial scale of pelagic processes which influence benthic systems.
Industry:Natural environment
The highest expected (climatological) monthly SST expected at all ocean locations based on 15 years of monthly mean SST data (serves as the input threshold for the Coral Bleaching hotspot charts).
Industry:Natural environment
A cell which secretes mucin, which, when mixed with water forms mucus.
Industry:Natural environment
A map containing contours indicating lines of equal surface elevation (relief).
Industry:Natural environment
A stage in an animal's life cycle when it ceases being free swimming or motile, and becomes attached to a substrate.
Industry:Natural environment
