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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A laboratory setup in which organisms are held in continuously flowing water, in contrast to static exposure, in which organisms are held in a given volume of water with no exchange .
Industry:Natural environment
A nucleotide sequence (of DNA or RNA) in a gene that codes for part or all of the gene product or for some control function. In eukaryotes, exons are separated by non-coding sequences called introns; that part of the gene (a section of DNA) that is transcribed into messenger RNA and encodes a protein.
Industry:Natural environment
A situation where crossing two inbred lines yields offspring that are more healthy/vigorous than their parents; hybrid vigor.
Industry:Natural environment
A thin squamous epithelial layer of cells in stony (hard) corals which deposits the white calcium carbonate skeleton.
Industry:Natural environment
An assemblage of ecotypes which are separated by incomplete sterility barriers.
Industry:Natural environment
Any of about 25 species of medium-sized, long-winged seabirds in the family Procellariidae. Those in the genus Procellaria are usually called 'petrel'.
Industry:Natural environment
Near-surface waters subject to mixing by the action of wind and waves. There is little variation in salinity or temperature at depths below the mixed layer.
Industry:Natural environment
Refers to things which came about as a result of the activities of living organisms.
Industry:Natural environment
The male gamete-producing reproductive organ in certain algae.
Industry:Natural environment
The sequence of events whereby embryos develop from somatic cells.
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