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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
In areas where the land is obscured by marsh grass, mangrove forests, cypress or similar marine vegetation, the actual shoreline can not be accurately represented. Instead, the outer limit line of the vegetation area is delineated (where it would appear to the eye as the shoreline) and is referred to as the apparent shoreline.
Industry:Natural environment
Pertains to allopatric populations with non-contiguous ranges.
Industry:Natural environment
That part of the Earth's crust underlying the ocean basins. It is composed of basalt and has a thickness of about 5 km.
Industry:Natural environment
The product, either RNA or protein, that results from expression of a gene. The amount of gene product reflects the activity of the gene.
Industry:Natural environment
The zone between the mean high water and mean low water lines. It is identical with intertidal zone (technical definition) when the type of tide is semi-diurnal or diurnal.
Industry:Natural environment
A cnidarian of the class Anthozoa that possesses a flexible cylindrical body and a central mouth surrounded by tentacles.
Industry:Natural environment
A gene that causes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells; also called an 'oncogene' .
Industry:Natural environment
