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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A coral colony that is solid and typically hemispherical in shape.
Industry:Natural environment
A group of unrelated fishes that feed on similar foods, e.g., benthivore, detritivore, herbivore, insectivore, omnivore, planktivore, piscivore, etc.
Industry:Natural environment
A naturally occurring assemblage of organisms that live in the same environment and are mutually sustaining and interdependent; a group of populations that interact in time and space.
Industry:Natural environment
A series of sense organs that detect pressure or vibrations along the heads and sides of cyclostomes, fishes, and some amphibians. It consists of a network of sensory hair cell clusters (neuromasts) and small water-filled canals that lie immediately beneath the skin and extend along the sides of its body. This network is sensitive to external motion.
Industry:Natural environment
An apparatus that compresses or pressurizes air for scuba tanks. Air is compressed from the atmospheric level (14.7 psi at sea level) to the capacity of the tank, which is generally between 2500-3000 psi.
Industry:Natural environment
Any behavior that enables an organism to adjust to a particular situation or environment.
Industry:Natural environment
Describes a branch with compact radial sub-branches.
Industry:Natural environment
Massive shape with a broad base and a large, central depression.
Industry:Natural environment
