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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; distinguished from a sex chromosome.
Industry:Natural environment
Measurements conducted on the ground or at sea to calibrate, compare or verify observations made from satellites or aircraft.
Industry:Natural environment
Red algae belong to the Division Rhodophycota. Most of the over 4000 species are marine. They range in complexity from simple unicellular organisms to unbranched and branched filaments to complex multiaxial uprights and crusts. Their pigments include chlorophyll a and the phycobiliproteins, red phycoerythrin (often the dominant pigment) and blue phycocyanin, as well as carotenes, lutein, zeaxanthin. Most red algae have a complex life history with three phases: tetrasporophyte, gametophyte and carposporophyte.
Industry:Natural environment
The average altitude of all low tides recorded at a given place over a long period of time .
Industry:Natural environment
The larval stage of sea cucumbers immediately following the auricularia stage. It is cylindrical in shape and possesses five transverse bands of cilia.
Industry:Natural environment
The return of an ecosystem or habitat to its original community structure, natural complement of species, and natural function.
Industry:Natural environment
