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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A flat plate that is honeycombed with multiple wells. It is used in DNA sequencing and other laboratory analytical techniques.
Industry:Natural environment
A marsh or sandy or muddy coastal flatland which is covered and uncovered by the rise and fall of the tide.
Industry:Natural environment
A process of fusion of the cytoplasm of two sex cells or gametes; the first step in syngamy (fertilization).
Industry:Natural environment
A statement that seems self-contradictory, yet may nevertheless be true.
Industry:Natural environment
A well-defined set of interacting individuals that compose a proportion of a larger, interbreeding population.
Industry:Natural environment
Having genetic material (DNA) from another species. This term can be applied to an organism that has genes from another organism.
Industry:Natural environment
In taxonomy, the first person after a taxon was proposed to select one of the names over the other (or one nomenclatural act over another) when both names (or acts) were published at the same time. Also applies to first selection of multiple original spellings.
Industry:Natural environment
Orientation to water currents. An animal may face into the current (positive rheotaxis) or face downstream of the current (negative rheotaxis) .
Industry:Natural environment
The ecosystem upon which endangered and threatened species depend; habitat crucial to the survival of the species.
Industry:Natural environment
The portion of a reef seaward of reef crest. A synonym of reef slope.
Industry:Natural environment
