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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The conversion of inorganic carbon into organic carbon, usually by photosynthesis.
Industry:Natural environment
The number of different types of habitats within a given area.
Industry:Natural environment
The strand of duplex DNA which contains the same base sequence (after substituting Uracil for Thymine) found in the mrna molecule resulting from transcription of that segment of DNA., known as the sense strand. The mrna molecule is transcribed from the other strand, known as the template or antisense strand.
Industry:Natural environment
A destructive metabolic process by which organisms convert substances into excreted compounds.
Industry:Natural environment
A larval form associated with oviparous development, with a cytologically undifferentiated central region, and an even distribution of small flagella. Coeloblastulae are found in sponges, brachiopods and other invertebrate groups.
Industry:Natural environment
A small piece of software that adds features to a larger piece of software.
Industry:Natural environment