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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A structure, common in several phyla, that leads from the coelom to the outside and may be used for waste elimination and/or reproduction (Annelida, Brachiopoda, and other small phyla); the modified tubular opening of the mantle cavity in cephalopods used in generating a stream of water for use in locomotion.
Industry:Natural environment
Advocacy for, or work toward, protecting the natural environment from destruction by human activities.
Industry:Natural environment
Change of body shape, e.g., the change from a larval form to a juvenile or adult form.
Industry:Natural environment
Human-designed changes in an organism, whether done through traditional breeding or genetic engineering. The terms "genetically modified" and "genetically engineered" are sometimes used interchangeably .
Industry:Natural environment
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, any text whether published, unpublished, or carrying a disclaimer containing a name or other information bearing on nomenclature.
Industry:Natural environment
Pertaining to shallow inshore environments and communities.
Industry:Natural environment
The evolutionary process whereby one species evolves into two or more species.
Industry:Natural environment
The process by which two closely related species, with overlapping ecological requirements, interact so as to cause one or both of them to diverge evolutionarily in one or more traits. They differ more when they co-occur than when they do not.
Industry:Natural environment
