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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A length unit equal to 1000 base pairs of a double-stranded nucleic acid molecule; 1000 pairs of nucleotide bases in DNA.
Industry:Natural environment
A phenotype controlled by many genes of small effect (polygenes).
Industry:Natural environment
A small, low coastal island or emergent reef of sand or coral; flat mound of sand and admixed coral fragments built upon a reef flat or just above high tide level. A synonym of cay.
Industry:Natural environment
A type of asexual reproduction in some sea anemones in which parts of the pedal disc break off and are left behind as the anemone moves.
Industry:Natural environment
An environmentally endangered region that is both rich in species and found nowhere else.
Industry:Natural environment
Any species of bony fishes in the family Mullidae. Goatfishes, also called surmullets, are elongate, moderately sized fishes which are characterised by a pair of long, tactile barbels under the chin. Some species are brilliantly coloured and some are noted.
Industry:Natural environment
Evolution on the grand scale resulting in the origin of higher taxa.
Industry:Natural environment
In statistics, it refers to the standard deviation of a distribution divided by the distribution's mean, providing a standardised measure of the variation in a distribution, which does not increase simply because the mean itself increases or because the units of measurement change.
Industry:Natural environment
The complex biological processes whereby energy and matter are passed up to successive levels of food webs.
Industry:Natural environment
The movement of water in all of its phases (gas, liquid, solid) from the Earth to the atmosphere and back to the Earth.
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