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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
An enzyme that catalyzes the bonding reaction between nucleotides of DNA and RNA. Organisms use RNA polymerase to accelerate the process of copying DNA strands during cell reproduction.
Industry:Natural environment
An enzyme that functions in producing or using adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
Industry:Natural environment
An enzyme that replicates DNA. DNA polymerase is the basis of PCR ( polymerase chain reaction).
Industry:Natural environment
An epoch of the Quaternary period dating from the end of the Pleistocene approximately 8,000 years ago until the present.
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An era of geologic time lasting from 570 to 245 million years ago.
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An era of time during the Phanerozoic eon lasting from 245 million years ago to 66.4 million ago.
Industry:Natural environment
An important and dominant genus of hermatypic coral. Porites brood or release live young rather than sperm and egg packets like most corals.
Industry:Natural environment
An important genus of calcareous green algae in coral reef environments.
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An index that indicates the relative accumulated thermal stress experienced by a given coral reef.
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An instrument that measures particle size distribution from the change in electrical conductivity as particles flow through a small opening.
Industry:Natural environment
