- Industry: Government
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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The study of the genetic basis of ecological differentiation; the study of the genetic composition of populations in relation to their habitats.
Industry:Natural environment
A branching tubular network inhabited by pterobranch (Hemichordata) colonies that is secreted from glands in the oral shields of the zooids.
Industry:Natural environment
A liquid mixture in which the minor component, the solute, is uniformly distributed within the major component, the solvent.
Industry:Natural environment
A polyp in hydrozoans and other colonial cnidarians which is specialised for feeding.
Industry:Natural environment
A specialised sensory nerve ending that monitors internal changes in the body brought about by movement and muscular activity. Proprioceptors are located in muscles, tendons, and joint capsules and when stimulated, transmit information concerning movements and position of the body; also called "proprioreceptor".
Industry:Natural environment
A type of stalk that lies in contact with the substrate; in corals, a horizontal polyp outgrowth from which daughter polyps are budded.
Industry:Natural environment
An important coral reef parameter that describes the amount of "wrinkling" or roughness of the reef profile. It is an index of substrate complexity. Areas of high complexity are likely to provide more cover for reef fishes and more places of attachment for algae, corals and various sessile invertebrates.
Industry:Natural environment
Asexual reproduction, such as budding or fragmentation, and therefore does not involve a recombination of genetic material.
Industry:Natural environment
Gases that can be dissociated by solar radiation, which release chlorine, which in turn destroys ozone.
Industry:Natural environment
