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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Pure water consists of hydrogen and oxygen, H2O. It is a binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a colorless, odorless, tasteless, transparent liquid which is very slightly compressible. It freezes at 0 degrees C and boils at 100 degrees C. It is the most important natural solvent, and frequently contains impurities, which are mostly removed by distillation.
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The area around the mouth of an anthozoan polyp that bears from eight to several hundred tentacles.
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The iron-containing protein (pigment) found in red blood cells of vertebrates. haemoglobin transports oxygen from the respiratory surface (gills, lungs) to the body's tissues. It is red when oxidized.
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The removal of individuals or biomass from a population at a rate greater than the population is able to compensate for with its own recruitment .
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Twisting of the body during development so that the posterior of the body takes an anterior position over the head.
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A continuous set of data for which each data point is related to the adjacent point; a gradual or imperceptible intergradation between two or more extreme values.
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A group of species considered together, often because they are difficult to differentiate without detailed examination, e.g., very similar species; a group of closely related species; a superspecies .
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A mutation in which a single nucleotide in a DNA sequence is substituted by another nucleotide.
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A sensory organ possessed by many invertebrates for the perception of gravity, thus body orientation and balance. Statocysts are found in many invertebrates. Each one has a cavity lined with sensory cells and contains a statolith.
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