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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A filled or solid structure, as opposed to one that is tubular or hollow.
Industry:Natural environment
A sponge larva that appears as a hollow ball with anterior flagellated cells and posterior larger and nonflagellated cells (megascleres).
Industry:Natural environment
A very serious form of fish poisoning caused by eating clupeotoxic fishes; also called clupeotoxism.
Industry:Natural environment
Benthic organisms (animals or plants) whose shortest dimension is greater than or equal to 0.5 mm.
Industry:Natural environment
One of the two cells formed by the division of a parent cell.
Industry:Natural environment
Skeletons primarily composed of the aragonite form of calcium carbonate.
Industry:Natural environment
The disintegration and dissolution of a cell nucleus upon death of the cell.
Industry:Natural environment
The temporary or permanent association formed between a female and male animal during courtship and mating. Pair bonding is characteristic of monogamous species.
Industry:Natural environment
