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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
In taxonomy, when two different names for the same taxon are first published in the same publication, then the one which appears on the earlier line has line precedence. Line precedence does not necessarily mean priority as well. This is determined by the action of the first reviser.
Industry:Natural environment
The evolution from one species of organism into a number of different species. As the original population increases in size, it spreads out from its centre of origin to exploit other habitats and ecological niches. In time, this results in a number of populations, each adapted to its particular habitat. Eventually these populations, genetically may differ from each other sufficiently to become new species. Divergent evolution has also been termed "adaptive radiation".
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The probability, based on statistics, that a number will be between an upper and lower limit.
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The sovereign waters of a nation, recognised internationally under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the SEA as extending out 200 nautical miles from shore. Within the U.S. the EEZ typically is between three and 200 miles from shore.
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A chromatophore that contains more than one kind of pigment.
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A form that is thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other.
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A measurement or standard that serves as a point of reference by which process performance is measured.
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A radiometer that measures radiant energy as a function of wavelength.
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