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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A slender elongated thread-like organ which may cling to objects for support.
Industry:Natural environment
A tide that occurs when the difference between high and low tide is least; the lowest level of high tide. Neap tide comes twice a month, in the first and third quarters of the moon.
Industry:Natural environment
Any of over 40 species of bony fishes in the family Antennariidae. They are small globose fishes with loose prickly skin, limb-like pectoral fins with an elbow-like joint, small round gill openings, and a very large upward directed mouth. The first dorsa.
Industry:Natural environment
DNA sequences that interrupt the protein-coding sequence of a gene; introns are transcribed into mrna but the sequences are eliminated from the RNA before it is used to make protein; junk DNA; in eukaryotic cells, a sequence of DNA that is contained in the gene but does not encode for protein. The presence of introns "splits" the coding region of the gene into segments called exons.
Industry:Natural environment
In relation to the genetic code, more than one codon can code for the same amino acid.
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Newly hatched, active feeding post larval fishes; may include all fish stages from hatching to fingerling.
Industry:Natural environment
Region in which the climate undergoes little seasonal change in either temperature or rainfall. Tropical regions of the earth lie primarily between 30 degrees north and south of the equator.
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The CFS compares the fauna of one area with that of another. CFS = 2C/(a+b), where C = the number of species in common between two areas, a = the number of species in the first area, and b = the number of species in the second area. The higher the CFS, the greater the resemblance.
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The mass of a compound in grammes numerically equal to its molecular weight. Also, the mass of a compound containing Avogadro’s number of molecules.
Industry:Natural environment
The set of geological processes that result in the expulsion of lava, pyroclastics, and gases at the Earth's surface.
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