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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Refers to molecules that do not interact with water and are not soluble in water. Hydrophobic compounds do not dissolve easily in water, and are usually non-polar. Oils and other long hydrocarbons are hydrophobic.
Industry:Natural environment
The branch of geology that deals with the origin, composition, distribution and succession of strata.
Industry:Natural environment
The living tissue of a cnidarian polyp, consisting of the outer, nonciliated epidermis and the inner, ciliated gastrodermis with the thin, acellular meoglea in between. The coenosarc connects the coral polyps of a coral colony. It spreads along the surface of the calcareous exoskeleton.
Industry:Natural environment
A nondestructive, repeatable procedure for assessing and monitoring diurnally active fishes and other macroscopic marine organisms. Videotaping along a linear transect reduces the variance in error inherent with visual observations made by a diver or snorkeler, and allows virtually unlimited time for study of the images by many individuals.
Industry:Natural environment
A side branch structure on the tentacle of soft corals, giving them a feathery appearance.
Industry:Natural environment
A theoretical mathematical representation of the amount of nitrogen absorbed in body tissues after a scuba dive. It is expressed on dive tables in minutes which are added to the no-decompression limit for a repetitive dive, i.e., the time it would take to off-gas any extra nitrogen remaining after a dive.
Industry:Natural environment
An area that features exceptional concentrations of species, including many endemics. Many such hot spots also experience large habitat losses, putting these ecosystems at risk.
Industry:Natural environment
Any kind of interaction between two or more animals, usually between animals of the same species.
Industry:Natural environment
In genomics, the process of increasing the number of copies of a particular gene or chromosomal sequence.
Industry:Natural environment
