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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
In statistics, a sample allocation method that may be used with stratified samples to provide the most precision, given a fixed sample size .
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In taxonomy, an authoritative document containing a system of rules and recommendations to be followed in giving a scientific name to an animal or animal group. It has been adopted by the International Congresses of Zoology (more recently the International Union of Biological Sciences) and is administered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. The most recent version of the Code is the Fourth Edition published in September 1999 and took effect on January 1, 2000; usually referred to as the "Code" .
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In taxonomy, the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. An authoritative document containing a system of rules and recommendations to be followed in giving a scientific name to an animal or animal group.
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In taxonomy,the identical spelling of a new genus-group name and a pre-Linnaean (i.e., before 1758) one-word name cited as a synonym of only one of the species or subspecies originally included in that genus.
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In the geologic time scale, a unit of time less than an era and greater than an epoch.
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Large pulses of warm and salty water of Indian Ocean origin which enter the Atlantic Ocean directly south of the Cape of Good Hope in the form of anticyclonic eddies. The process of ring detachment is associated with perturbations of the Agulhas Current that retroflects south of Africa.
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Large quantities of dust, originating in the Sahara desert of Africa, are blown across the Atlantic Ocean each summer, and may be a contributing factor for the declining health of Caribbean coral reefs. The dust may modify clouds and rainfall both in Africa and across the tropical North Atlantic as far away as Barbados. Other studies suggest that the dust may play a role in determining the frequency and intensity of hurricanes formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
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Long double-stranded rnas (dsrnas; typically >200 nt) can be used to silence the expression of target genes in a variety of organisms and cell types.
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MAREPAC is a consortium made up of representatives from nine islands in Micronesia (Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Northern Marianas, Guam, Palau, and American Samoa). MAREPAC's mission is to develop regional capabilities, foster collaboration, and disseminate accurate information in support of sound policy development on sustainable use of marine resources of cultural, economic, and scientific value.
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Mercury poisoning of humans from eating contaminated seafood .
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