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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Describes an animal that has not reached sexual maturity, regardless of size or age.
Industry:Natural environment
In general, the qualitative or quantitative analysis of a substance to determine its constituents and the relative proportion of each, or to determine the biological, chemical, or pharmacological potency of a drug.
Industry:Natural environment
Measures intended to reduce risk to a biological resource and its environment .
Industry:Natural environment
The layer of the skin beneath the epidermis. The dermis is largely fibrous and contains collagen and elastin which are the proteins responsible for the support and elasticity of the skin. Depending upon the species, the dermis also contains tiny sensory nerve endings, blood and lymph vessels, and sweat and sebaceous glands.
Industry:Natural environment
The role of an organism in an ecological community; the environmental requirements and tolerances of a species; sometimes seen as a species' "profession" or what it does to survive.
Industry:Natural environment
Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those waters and substrates that fishes require to spawn, breed, feed, or grow to maturity.
Industry:Natural environment
A coral disease characterized by a sharp line between apparently healthy coral tissue and freshly exposed coral skeleton.-There is no obvious microbial band present.-The infective pathogen is a bacterium. Plague is currently epidemic throughout the Caribbean, and affects stony corals. For more information and illustrations, see: http://www.coral.noaa.gov/coral_disease/white_plague.shtml.
Industry:Natural environment
