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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
In taxonomy, the use of the same word for the name of a genus-group taxon and for one of its included species or subspecies.
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A form of reproductive isolation in which two closely-related species are separated by what is often a slight difference in the niches they occupy.
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A measure of the spread or dispersion of a set of data. It is calculated by taking the square root of the variance.
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A structured file of information or a set of logically related data stored and retrieved using computer-based means.
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Pertaining to sound, the average amount of sound power (sound energy per unit time) which is transmitted through a unit area in a specified direction. The magnitude of the intensity is often referred to as the intensity, without specifying the direction from which the sound is travelling.
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Study of the relationships of taxa by the application of numerical similarity values to characters so as to rank into categories based on degree of overall similarity.
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The evolutionary termination of a species caused by the failure to reproduce and the death of all remaining members of the species; the natural failure to adapt to environmental change.
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A receptor organ that senses changes in an electrical current in the surrounding water, for example, the ampullae of Lorenzini in sharks.
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