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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
An axis extending from the dorsal to ventral surface of an animal body.
Industry:Natural environment
Any of various species of bird, such as the sandpiper, plover, or snipe, that frequents the shores of coastal or inland waters.
Industry:Natural environment
In some cnidarians, a small, intracellular membrane-enclosed vesicle which contains all the proteins necessary for bioluminescence .
Industry:Natural environment
Not forming an essential part of a thing; arising or originating from the outside.
Industry:Natural environment
Relating to any cilia or hairlike processes; can relate to muscles concerned with visual focusing.
Industry:Natural environment
The chemical interactions among the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere.
Industry:Natural environment
The maximum population size that can be regularly sustained by an environment; the point where the population size levels off in the logistic growth model.
Industry:Natural environment
The shell or shells of certain organisms, such as clams, oysters, and snails.
Industry:Natural environment
Water between the grains of a sediment; also called interstitial water.
Industry:Natural environment
A biogenous sediment that is made of the calcium carbonate shells and skeletons of marine organisms.
Industry:Natural environment
