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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Fishing which is typically a small-scale operation that uses simple fishing methods; fishing for subsistence by coastal or ethnic island groups using traditional methods; fishing with the purpose of catching/collecting aquatic products for sale.
Industry:Natural environment
In taxonomy, a formal statement of characters which distinguish a taxon from other similar or closely related taxa, published at the time of proposal of a new taxonomic name.
Industry:Natural environment
One of many multifunctional horn or lobe-shaped or leaf-like process on the back or side of a nudibranch mollusk (sea slug). It has a major function as a respiratory organ (a gill), and with a branch of the digestive gland, it also serves as an organ for the exchange of gases and other molecules with the blood. The ceras also stores stinging nematocysts in a structure called the cnidosac, from the cnidarians upon which they feed, which gives it a defensive function. Its ability to change color also gives it a protective camouflage function.
Industry:Natural environment
The cyclic conversion of nutrients from one form to another within biological communities.
Industry:Natural environment
The occurrence of single species or groups of species in recognizable bands that might delineate a range of water depth or a range of height in the intertidal zone.
Industry:Natural environment
A DNA sequence of nucleotides that can insert itself at a new site in the genome .
Industry:Natural environment
A linear coral formation that is oriented parallel to the shore or the shelf edge.
Industry:Natural environment
