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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The population variance of a random variable is a non-negative number which gives an idea of how widely spread the values of the random variable are likely to be; the larger the variance, the more scattered the observations on average. It is a measure of the 'spread' of a distribution about its average value.
Industry:Natural environment
The tide at its fullest extent, when the water reaches its highest level.
Industry:Natural environment
The latitude at which reef growth just equals reef destruction by various physical forces.
Industry:Natural environment
A change that occurs in an organism to allow it to tolerate a new environment.
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A flagellated cell that lines the interior of the central cavity (spongocoel) of a sponge. Choanocytes have a tubular collar with an extended flagellum that faces the spongocoel and creates currents that force water into the interstices of the sponge. Suspended food particles, such as plankton, are trapped by the choanocytes and passed to an amoebocyte that carries the food to other cells.
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A marine sponge that chemically digests the limestone skeletons of corals and other calcareous organisms and structures during its search for food and living space. These "boring" activities can damage a coral reef; also called "excavating sponge".
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A process for separating molecules by forcing them to migrate through a gel under the influence of an electric field.
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A well-defined group or school of several kinds of fishes.
Industry:Natural environment
Having benefit for one member of a two-species association but neither positive nor negative effect on the other.
Industry:Natural environment
