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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The system of ductless glands in animals that secrete hormones.
Industry:Natural environment
Under the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation program, the term 'conservation' means the use of methods and procedures necessary to preserve or sustain corals and associated species as diverse, viable, and self-perpetuating coral reef ecosystems, including all activities associated with resource management, such as assessment, conservation, protection, restoration, sustainable use, and management of habitat; mapping; habitat monitoring; assistance in the development of management stategies for marine protected areas and marine resourses consistent with the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) And the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.); law enforcement; conflict resolution initiatives; community outreach and education; and that promote safe and ecologically sound navigation.
Industry:Natural environment
A fibrous horny protein that forms the skeletal framework of some sponges.
Industry:Natural environment
A low influx of new members into a population by reproduction or immigration.
Industry:Natural environment
A predator that hides and waits for prey to pass in close proximity rather than actively hunting for it.
Industry:Natural environment
A species whose distribution is restricted to a particular area.
Industry:Natural environment
A vector used to clone DNA fragments from 300 kb to one megabase (unit of length for DNA fragments equal to one million nucleotides) in length. These clones can span large portions of the genome rapidly, but can be highly unstable.
Industry:Natural environment
An information extraction activity whose goal is to discover hidden facts contained in databases. Using a combination of machine learning, pattern recognition, statistical analysis, modelling techniques and database technology, data mining finds patterns and subtle relationships in data and infers rules that allow the prediction of future results.
Industry:Natural environment
In taxonomy, any name for a given taxon other than the valid name.
Industry:Natural environment
