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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
In taxonomy, the relationships between different names applied to the same taxon; a chronological list of taxonomic names which have been applied to a single taxon, including authors and dates.
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The enlarged portion of a neuron which contains most of the organelles .
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The pressure exerted by a single component of a gas within a gas mixture, or dissolved in a liquid.
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The total rate of photosynthetic CO2 fixation minus the rate of loss of CO2 during respiration.
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The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve was established by Executive Order 13178 in December 2000, and January 2001(Executive Order 13196). It was established to conserve and protect the NWHI coral reef ecosystem and related natural and cultural resources of the area.
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A form of allopatric speciation in which a vicariant event interrupts gene flow in a former cline.
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A measure of data size. A terabyte of data is equivalent to 1,000 gigabytes of data or 1,000,000 megabytes of data. One petabyte equals 1,000 terabytes.
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A protein that has all of the essential amino acids and in the correct proportions.
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A stinging or grasping organelle in the outer cytoplasm of protists, especially ciliates. It consisting of a hair-like filament that can be discharged suddenly from a minute capsule .
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Able to exist under more than one set of environmental conditions. For example, a facultative parasite may exist either as a parasite or as a saprotroph (gaining nutrients from dead organic matter).
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