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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Region in which the climate undergoes little seasonal change in either temperature or rainfall. Tropical regions of the earth lie primarily between 30 degrees north and south of the equator.
Industry:Natural environment
The CFS compares the fauna of one area with that of another. CFS = 2C/(a+b), where C = the number of species in common between two areas, a = the number of species in the first area, and b = the number of species in the second area. The higher the CFS, the greater the resemblance.
Industry:Natural environment
The mass of a compound in grams numerically equal to its molecular weight. Also, the mass of a compound containing Avogadro’s number of molecules.
Industry:Natural environment
The set of geological processes that result in the expulsion of lava, pyroclastics, and gases at the Earth's surface.
Industry:Natural environment
A database, frequently very large, that can access vast arrays of heterogeneous data, stored within a single logical data repository, that are accessible to different querying and manipulation methods . While the warehouse can be distributed over several computers and may contain several databases and information from numerous sources in a variety of formats, it should be accessible through a server. Thus, access to the warehouse is transparent to the user, who can use simple commands to retrieve and analyze all the information. The data warehouse also contains data about how the warehouse is organized, where the information can be found, and any connections between data. Frequently used for decision support within an organization, the data warehouse also allows the organization to organize its data, coordinate updates, and see relationships between information gathered from different parts of the organization.
Industry:Natural environment
A large body of water whose density characteristics are distinct from the surrounding aquatic environment because of inherent temperature or salinity differences.
Industry:Natural environment
A slender, flexible appendage or part of an organism, usually having a tactile function.
Industry:Natural environment
A tissue layer of cells which lines body cavities and tubules, or covers surfaces. The cells may be ciliated or non-ciliated, and may be squamous (flat, scale-shaped), cuboidal (cube-shaped), or columnar (column-shaped) in shape. The cells may occur in a single layer, or may be multi-layered (stratified).
Industry:Natural environment
