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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The buildup of chemical substances in the cells or tissues of an organism.
Industry:Natural environment
The lowest level of the tide; the minimum height reached by each falling tide.
Industry:Natural environment
A crustacean of the Family Palinuridae; it lacks large claws and has a flexible, leathery tail fan.
Industry:Natural environment
A jellyfish (Scyphozoa) larval stage that develops into the adult medusa or jellyfish.
Industry:Natural environment
A non-vascular extra-embryonic membrane of amniote embryos that forms a fluid-filled cavity surrounding the embryo. It protects the embryo by functioning as a shock absorber.
Industry:Natural environment
A site visited by fishes where, in a mutually symbiotic relationship, cleaning shrimp or fish remove parasites from their bodies.
Industry:Natural environment
A thin membranous barrier that permits passage of particles up to a certain size or of a special nature; also referred to as a 'differentially permeable membrane'.
Industry:Natural environment
An asexual form of reproduction where daughter corallites grow from the outside wall of the parent corallites.
Industry:Natural environment
Any of a class of saturated aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that form part of a lipid molecule; a product of fat hydrolysis .
Industry:Natural environment
