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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Data for which the observations have been replaced by their numerical ranks from lowest to highest.
Industry:Natural environment
In fishes, a small fleshy fin which lacks fin rays. It is found in fishes such as salmon, and most catfishes.
Industry:Natural environment
Locally specified entitlements to marine territories and resources claimed and exercised by the ‘guardians’ or "owners" of those territories and resources.
Industry:Natural environment
Process by which autotrophic chlorophyll-containing organisms manufacture their own energy sources (simple sugars) from the intracellular chemical reaction of carbon dioxide and water in the presence of sunlight and chlorophyll. Oxygen is a photochemical byproduct of photosynthesis.
Industry:Natural environment
The anatomical term for "above" (e.g., the head is superior to the shoulder).
Industry:Natural environment
The internal biological clock mechanism that produces a measurable biological rhythm in an organism.
Industry:Natural environment
The relationship of any two characters that have descended from a common ancestor. The term can apply to a morphological structure, a chromosome, an individual gene, or a DNA sequence.
Industry:Natural environment
Transferring data (usually a file) from one computer to another. The opposite of "upload".
Industry:Natural environment
A condition of skeletal architecture in sponges in which sand and/or foreign spicule debris partly or completely replaces native spicules within the sponge skeleton; resembling or containing sand; or growing in sandy areas.
Industry:Natural environment
A group of organisms consuming resources from a similar level in the energy cycle.
Industry:Natural environment
