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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Cleavage resulting in blastomeres each capable of developing only into a particular embryonic structure, not into a complete organism.
Industry:Natural environment
In animal behavior, a signal fom one animal which acts as a stimulus to elicit a behavioural response in another. The cue may be visual, acoustic, or chemical.
Industry:Natural environment
Taking the form of villi (finger-like projections); in fishes, pertains to teeth which are slender and crowded closely together in bands.
Industry:Natural environment
The farthest forward or uppermost of the paired fins of most fishes, usually located in the thoracic position.
Industry:Natural environment
The process of observing data, recognising patterns, and making generalisations from the observations; reasoning from particular facts to a general conclusion.
Industry:Natural environment
The water-covered edges of continents consisting of the continental shelf, the continental slope, and the continental rise.
Industry:Natural environment
Provides a common set of terminology and definitions for the documentation of digital geospatial data. The standard establishes the names of data elements and compound elements (groups of data elements) to be used for these purposes, the definitions of these compound elements and data elements, and information about the values that are to be provided for the data elements.
Industry:Natural environment
A gaseous molecule that contains three oxygen atoms (O3), instead of the usual two (O2). Ozone can exist either high in the atmosphere (stratosphere), where it shields the Earth against harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun, or close to the ground (troposhere), where it is the main component of smog. Ground-level ozone is a product of reactions involving hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides in the presence of sunlight. Ozone is a potent irritant that causes lung damage and a variety of respiratory problems.
Industry:Natural environment
A metal collar with an attached collecting bag that is dragged along the bottom to obtain samples of rock, sediment, or benthic organisms.
Industry:Natural environment
