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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Describes nations or countries with social, cultural, industrial and technological advancement.
Industry:Natural environment
In genetics, an interaction between alleles in which both alleles are expressed more or less equally. The expression for a phenotype for a given trait exhibits a blending of the genetic messages from the allele partners controlling that trait. An example may be a cross between a homozygous red trait (AA) and a homozygous white trait (aa), where neither the red (A) nor white (a) trait is dominant. The phenotypic expression of the offspring is pink (Aa), the intermediate phenotype.
Industry:Natural environment
Microscopic green plant component of the plankton which is responsible for most of the photosynthetic activity in the ocean.
Industry:Natural environment
Referring to water with a salinity lower than that of natural seawater.
Industry:Natural environment
The length of time that a scuba diver spends on the surface between two consecutive dives.
Industry:Natural environment
The science and methodology of classifying organisms based on physical and other similarities. Taxonomists classify all organisms into a hierarchy, and give them standardized Latin or Latinized names. There are seven main levels of classification in the hierarchy. They are, from most to least inclusive: Kingdom; Phylum (or Division for algae, fungi, and plants); Class; Order; Family; Genus; and Species. Taxonomists describe new species, classify organisms, and study speciation, the evolution of new species.
Industry:Natural environment
Uniformly colored or unadorned with structures or other features.
Industry:Natural environment
A coral disease characterized large rings or patches of bleached, yellow tissue on Caribbean stony corals, although tissue loss is minimal (cm/yr). It affects the star corals, Montastraea annularis and M. Faveolata and is widespread throughout the Caribbean region. No pathogen has been isolated. For more information and illustrations, see: http://www.coral.noaa.gov/coral_disease/yellow_band.shtml.
Industry:Natural environment
A hard plate (sclerite) forming one of the constituents of the dorsal exoskeleton (tergum) of an animal, such as an arthropod.
Industry:Natural environment
A neurological receptor that is located within the organism's body and detects physiological changes, e.g. Ph, temperature, chemicals in blood.
Industry:Natural environment
