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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Planktonic eggs and larvae which are temporary members of the plankton community .
Industry:Natural environment
The act of moving, or the ability to move, from place to place.
Industry:Natural environment
The half of an oocyte or egg with more yolk, or the corresponding half of an early embryo with the slower dividing yolk-laden cells.
Industry:Natural environment
The ratio of the amount of light reflected by an object and the amount light falling on it (incident light); a measure of the reflectivity or intrinsic brightness of an object (a white, perfectly reflecting surface would have an albedo of 1.0; a black perfectly absorbing surface would have an albedo of 0.0).
Industry:Natural environment
The federal law that created the regional councils and is the federal government’s basis for fisheries management in the EEZ. Also known as the Magnuson Act after a chief sponsor, Senator Warren Magnuson of Washington State.
Industry:Natural environment
A graphic representation of the rise and fall of the sea level, with time as abscissa and height as ordinate, usually used to measured tides; may also show tsunamis; also called 'marigram'.
Industry:Natural environment
A sac located in a ceras of a nudibranch gastropod which contains undischarged nematocysts (obtained through feeding upon cnidarians) passed from the slug's digestive system. When a predator attacks the nudibranch, the nematocysts may discharge as a defensive mechanism.
Industry:Natural environment
