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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A nucleoside triphosphate, ATP is the predominant supplier of metabolic energy in living cells. ATP supplies the chemical energy to drive endergonic reactions (requiring work or the expenditure of energy), perform mechanical work, provide heat and even produce bioluminescence.
Industry:Natural environment
A situation that is best represented by something other than a straight line.
Industry:Natural environment
A thin sound-reflecting layer of zooplankton and nekton that ascends toward the surface at night and descends each day (diurnal vertical migration) in response to changing levels of light.
Industry:Natural environment
An assemblage of diverse organisms inhabiting a common biotope.
Industry:Natural environment
Any of a large subclass (Copepoda) of usually minute freshwater and marine crustaceans that form an important element of the zooplankton in the marine environment and in some fresh waters. A common feature uniting all the copepod orders is a single simple eye in the middle of the head, at least in the larval stage. The cephalosome, a shield over the head and some thoracic segments distinguishes the free living forms from parasitic ones. Some species are ectoparasites of marine fishes.
Industry:Natural environment
Divided into five parts; a characteristic of the body plan of echinoderms.
Industry:Natural environment
Nearshore bathymetry characterized by rapid and substantial increases in depth that are continuous with the deeper parts of the ocean.
Industry:Natural environment
Refers to things not involved with or produced by living organisms.
Industry:Natural environment
