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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
In cladistics, a group within a monophyletic lineage at the same branching level as another. Therefore, it requires equivalent taxonomic rank in the Linnean classification hierarchy.
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The ability of a community or ecosystem to recover from disturbances and maintain a desired condition of diversity, integrity, and ecological processes.
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The formation of gaseous nitrogen and/or nitrogen oxides from nitrate or nitrite by denitrifying bacteria during anaerobic respiration.
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The proximity of two or more markers (genes, etc.) On a chromosome; the closer together the markers are, the lower the probability that they will be separated during DNA repair or replication processes, and hence the greater the probability that they will be inherited together.
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Those wavelengths of light that can be absorbed by chlorophyll or other light harvesting pigments.
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The ‘Washington’ Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, more commonly known as CITES, aims to protect certain plants and animals by regulating and monitoring their international trade to prevent it reaching unsustainable levels. There are more than 150 Parties to the Convention. The CITES Secretariat is administered by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). CITES regulates international trade in over 30,000 species, of which approximately 25,000 are plants.
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A collection of tissues which performs a particular function or set of functions in an animal's body. Organs are composed of tissues, and may be organized into larger organ systems.
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A general term for enzymes that carry out the synthesis of nucleic acids.
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