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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A long, thin tentacle of a hydrozoan polyp, usually concentrated toward the base.
Industry:Natural environment
A portable submersible fluorometer. Fluorometers that use the PAM technique work by rapidly sending brief pulses of light to a plant or other organism A healthy organism responds to this light very quickly (within microseconds) by re-emitting some of the.
Industry:Natural environment
A species that spawns in the ocean but lives parts of its life in fresh water, e.g., American eel.
Industry:Natural environment
A univalve mollusk (class Gastropoda) of the genus Haliotis. Abalones are harvested commercially for food consumption. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl and used for commercial (ornamental) purposes.
Industry:Natural environment
Habitat conditions created at or near the more-or-less well-defined boundary between ecosystems (ecotone). Typically there is an increased richness of organisms resulting from the mixing of two communities where they join.
Industry:Natural environment
In taxonomy, a taxon at a lower rank than the taxon of the same coordinate group with which it is compared.
Industry:Natural environment
Minute, hard, needle-like or sharp-pointed processes or projections.
Industry:Natural environment
Short "boots" usually made of neoprene, worn inside open-heeled fins. They protect a scuba diver's feet from rubbing against the fins while swimming, as well as protecting the entire foot while walking to and from a dive site. Booties also provide warmth.
Industry:Natural environment
The difference between the source level of a sound signal from a source and the source level of the background noise.
Industry:Natural environment
The pairing of complementary DNA or RNA sequences, via hydrogen bonding, to form a double-stranded polynucleotide. It is most often used to describe the binding of a short primer or probe.
Industry:Natural environment
