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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A private network inside an organisation that uses the same kinds of software found on the public internet, but which is only for internal use.
Industry:Natural environment
A state in hermaphroditic systems characterised by the development of female reproductive organs, or maturation of their gametes, before the appearance of the corresponding male product, thus insuring against self-fertilization.
Industry:Natural environment
In taxonomy, power of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature to suspend articles of the Code to settle particular cases.
Industry:Natural environment
Sonar signals arriving at a target, or the towfish, from a single source but along different paths. The multibeam sonar system consist of a transducer, motion sensor, gyrocompass, and navigation system. When collected in slightly overlapping swaths (fanlike coverages from sonar scans), multibeam sonars can produce a sonar data set that represents nearly 100 percent acoustic coverage of the seafloor.
Industry:Natural environment
The division of the cytoplasm of a cell during cell division.
Industry:Natural environment
The poison in clupeotoxic fishes. It is a neurotoxin, palytoxin, found in marine dinoflagellates and presumably ingested by the fish.
Industry:Natural environment
The thin region surrounding the Earth that is capable of supporting life.
Industry:Natural environment
The Lacey Act, passed in 1900, and amended several times, makes it unlawful to import, export, transport, sell, buy, or possess fish, wildlife, or plants taken, possessed, transported, or sold in violation of any federal, state, foreign, or Native American tribal law, treaty, or regulation.
Industry:Natural environment
The amount of time and fishing power used to harvest fish. Fishing power includes gear size, boat size, and horsepower.
Industry:Natural environment
