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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
An analysis designed to determine the compensation the public is due to reconcile injuries to the ecosystem and the lost services the ecosystem provides to the biotic component.
Industry:Natural environment
An organized mass of thunderstorms with a slight cyclonic wind circulation of less than 20 knots.
Industry:Natural environment
Crossing an organism with one of its parents, or with the genetically equivalent organism. The offspring of such a cross are referred to as the backcross generation or backcross progeny.
Industry:Natural environment
In ethology or animal behavior, the stimulus which releases a fixed action pattern.
Industry:Natural environment
Light waves which vibrate in one plane only as opposed to the multi-directional vibrations of normal rays.
Industry:Natural environment
Polymorphic polyps which grow as branches from the supporting primary polyp in colonial octocorals. These secondary polyps are specialized for feeding or water circulation within the colony.
Industry:Natural environment
The age of plant or animal remains, determined by measuring the remaining activity of the 14C atoms in the sample: A=A0 e-t where A is the measured activity, A0 is the initial activity, e is the decay constant, and t is the sample age.
Industry:Natural environment
The imposition of male characteristics on female organisms, as caused by some pollutants. For example, a pseudo-hermaphroditic condition in female gastropods (development of a false penis) caused by tributylin (TBT), a biocide used in anti-fouling paints.
Industry:Natural environment
The red lionfish (Pterois volitans) is a venemous coral reef fish belonging to the scorpion fish family (Scorpaenidae). Native to the Indian and western Pacific oceans, lionfish are now an invasive species found in the western Atlantic Ocean from southern Florida to New York and Bermuda. They appear to be a reproducing along the southeastern U.S. coast; Other common names are turkeyfish, dragonfish, and firefish.
Industry:Natural environment
To replace a lost or damaged organ or part through formation of new tissues.
Industry:Natural environment
