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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A deme (a local interbreeding population) occupying any specified geographical area.
Industry:Natural environment
A large polymer, such as DNA, RNA, protein, lipid or polysaccharide, made up of thousands of atoms.
Industry:Natural environment
A particle emitted from the nucleus of an atom, containing two protons and two neutrons, identical to the nucleus (without the electrons) of a helium atom.
Industry:Natural environment
A small electronic sensor and calculator, carried by the scuba diver, that calculates and displays the basic information needed during a dive, i.e., depth, time, decompression status and tank pressure. By constantly monitoring depth and bottom time, dive computers automatically recalculate the diver's no-decompression status, giving longer dive times while still keeping the diver within a safe envelope of no-decompression time. Computers also monitor ascent rates, logs dives, and measures time intervals between dives.
Industry:Natural environment
A toxin found in flesh of marine animals, especially some fishes, at some times, in some localities. It is probably of algal origin and causes paresthesia, gastrointestinal symptoms, neuromuscular blockade, and respiratory paralysis due to interference with membrane function.
Industry:Natural environment
An echinoderm in the class Holothuroidea. Sea cucumbers possess a flexible, elongated body and leathery skin, and tentacles surrounding the mouth. Although they don't superficially resemble other members of the phylum Echinodermata, they retain pentameral (five-rayed) symmetry, with five rows of tube feet running from the mouth down along the sides of the body. Sea cucumbers are an abundant and diverse group that are found in nearly every marine environment, but are most diverse on tropical, shallow-water coral reefs.They are economically important in two main ways. They produce chemical compounds that are of interest to pharmaceutical firms, and as a food item in Asia, they form the basis of a multimillion-dollar industry that processes the body wall for sale as beche-de-mer or trepang.
Industry:Natural environment
Any organism that by its presence or absence, its frequency, or its vigor, indicates a particular property of its surrounding environment; a species whose presence is a sign that certain environmental conditions exist.
Industry:Natural environment
Number of parts of a substance found in one million parts of a particular gas, liquid, or solid.
Industry:Natural environment
