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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
An area where hydrocarbons seep slowly from the sea floor.
Industry:Natural environment
Different species that live in the same area but are prevented from successfully reproducing by a reproductive isolating mechanism.
Industry:Natural environment
In higher animals, the portion of the body that contains the intestines and other viscera other than the lungs and heart; in arthropods, the rearmost segment of the body, which contains part of the digestive tract and all the reproductive organs .
Industry:Natural environment
Multicellular animals having cells differentiated into tissues and organs, and usually a digestive cavity and nervous system .
Industry:Natural environment
Refers to organisms living on the surface of the substrate.
Industry:Natural environment
The location of a gene on a genetic map, deduced from recombination frequencies.
Industry:Natural environment
A corallite on a side of a branch as opposed to an axial corallite on the tip of the branch.
Industry:Natural environment
A horizontal movement of the water caused by gravitational interactions between the Sun, Moon, and Earth.
Industry:Natural environment
A non-inherited character, of function or structure, developed in an organism as a result of environmental influences during the individual's life.
Industry:Natural environment
A thick, pigmented vertical marking that encircles the circumference of an organism's body.
Industry:Natural environment
