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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The age-depth relationship in ice, sediment, or another deposit. Ages are usually measured for discrete samples, and the ages of intermediate samples are interpolated between samples with measured ages.
Industry:Natural environment
The in vitro growth of cells derived from multicellular organisms. The cells are usually of one type.
Industry:Natural environment
The reef slope, which may suddenly drop off into deeper water, forming a nearly vertical wall.
Industry:Natural environment
A compound of high molecular weight consisting of up to millions of repeated linked light and simple molecules.
Industry:Natural environment
A group of cells or a single cell in animals or plants that is specialized to secrete a specific substance.
Industry:Natural environment
A monosaccharide containing five carbon atoms per sugar molecule, C5H10O5. Ribose is a major component of ribonucleic acid (RNA).
Industry:Natural environment
A sand grain or a calcium carbonate granule or other hard secreted substance, found in the cavity of a statocyst. Under the influence of gravity, a statolith makes contact with the lining of the cavity, thereby stimulating sensory cells that line it.
Industry:Natural environment
A system of shallow ridges (spurs) separated by deep channels (grooves) oriented perpendicular to the reef crest and extending down the upper seaward slope.
Industry:Natural environment
An analysis of variance with two or more dependent variables.
Industry:Natural environment
