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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Having plicae or a series of folds, grooves or wrinkles in the skin; plaited.
Industry:Natural environment
In taxonomy, the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (Commission) is empowered by use of its Plenary Powers to prevent the application of a rule of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (Code) where such application in a particular case would disturb the stability or universality or cause confusion in zoological nomenclature.
Industry:Natural environment
Paired, tentacle-like chemical sensory apparatus found on the anterior end or "head" of nudibranchs. They act as olfactory/taste organs. To protect them from damage, most are able to be withdrawn into a pocket beneath the skin. Often there is a raised collar or sheath around each pocket which can be clamped shut when the sea slug is disturbed.
Industry:Natural environment
Speciation in which the new species forms from a population contiguous with the ancestral species' geographic range. The evolution of reproductive isolating mechanisms occurred when the population entered a new niche or habitat within the range of the parent species.
Industry:Natural environment
The elastic part of a bivalve (Mollusca) shell that unites the valves along the top of the shell.
Industry:Natural environment
The posterior opening of the digestive tract, through which waste products of digestion are released.
Industry:Natural environment
The tissues of the primary reproductive organs that produce eggs and sperm cells.
Industry:Natural environment
The MPRSA (1972) provides protection for many coral reefs by authorizing NOAA to designate areas as marine sanctuaries and promulgate regulations for the conservation and management of those areas. Since the Act was passed, thirteen sanctuaries have been designated, several of which contain coral reef communities. Coral research, monitoring, and management activities are conducted in these sanctuaries, as well as in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve, which is currently (June 2004) under consideration to become the nation’s fourteenth sanctuary.
Industry:Natural environment
A chemical agent specifically designed and used to kill or inhibit the growth of algae; also called 'algicide'.
Industry:Natural environment
A flow that sustains a balance between Coriolis deflection and a pressure gradient.
Industry:Natural environment
