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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The common passage for fecal, urinary and reproductive discharge in most lower vertebrates.
Industry:Natural environment
The movement of individuals out of a population or from one area to another.
Industry:Natural environment
With reference to offshore drilling for oil and gas, a blowout is an uncontrolled flow of reservoir fluids into the wellbore, and sometimes catastrophically to the surface. A blowout may consist of salt water, oil, gas or a mixture of these.
Industry:Natural environment
A decimal system of measures and weights with the metre and the gramme as bases.
Industry:Natural environment
A large family (Labridae) of brightly-colored bony fishes which are common inhabitants of coral reefs. Many have spiny fins, thick lips, and strong teeth. They range in size from about three inches to three meters. Some species of small wrasses are "cleaners," which regulary remove ectoparasites from the skin and gills of larger fishes.
Industry:Natural environment
A packet containing sperm cells which is produced by the male genital system for transfer to the female. This method of sperm transfer is found in some vertebrates (salamanders) as well as invertebrates.
Industry:Natural environment
A slope or cliff seaward of the fore reef terrace, at a depth of about 25-30m.
Industry:Natural environment
A tool used in the performance of visual fish censuses. An APT is a T-shaped, meter-long reference device used by scientific divers for measuring habitat vertical relief, estimating fish lengths, and the location of the centre and outer edge of the sample cylinder. The shaft is a PVC t-stick marked at 10cm intervals with a 30cm cross-piece marked at 1cm intervals.
Industry:Natural environment
An atoll whose rim is less than 75 percent complete as a circle at low tide.
Industry:Natural environment
Any of the minute hairlike structures projecting from the surface of certain types of cells.
Industry:Natural environment
