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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A measure of the organic compounds that are dissolved in water.
Industry:Natural environment
A structurally discrete component of a cell, e.g., the nucleus or a mitochondrion.
Industry:Natural environment
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a published work that does not state the name of the author(s).
Industry:Natural environment
An intuitive method to portray variation along a single or multiple environmental gradients. The plots display species or community abundance in response to a known environmental gradient, i.e., the analysis of species composition along a gradient of environmental conditions.
Industry:Natural environment
Capable of or adapted for grasping, such as the prehensile tail of a seahorse.
Industry:Natural environment
Having to do with living or being located on the edges or banks of streams or rivers.
Industry:Natural environment
In taxonomy, the transfer of a subordinate taxon from one taxon to another, e.g., species removed from one genus and referred to another.
Industry:Natural environment
Pertaining to an aquatic organism that can withstand a narrow temperature range.
Industry:Natural environment
The primary tissue of higher plants composed of thin-walled cells that remain capable of cell division, even when mature. Parenchyma constitutes the greater part of leaves, roots, the pulp of fruits, and the pith of stems. They are fundamental plant tissues as opposed to more highly differentiated tissues. In animals, the parenchyma constitutes the essential functional part of an organ, as contrasted with the organ's connective tissue, nerves, and blood vessels.
Industry:Natural environment
