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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The uppermost portion of the fore reef; a flat plain beginning at the base of the buttress or mixed zone, at a depth of about 60 m.
Industry:Natural environment
A chromatophore which produces yellow pigments in the form of carotenoids.
Industry:Natural environment
A former river inundated by a rise in sea level in past times.
Industry:Natural environment
A mechanoreceptor cell having hair-like processes (stereocilia and kinocilia). Vibrations or pressure deform these processes which relay the induced nervous impulses to the central nervous system. They are responsive to sound and other mechanical stimuli.
Industry:Natural environment
A rapid method of determining the sequence of bases in a DNA molecule .
Industry:Natural environment
An odourless gas produced by the decomposition of organic matter.
Industry:Natural environment
Certain massive coral species (e.g. Porites) exhibit annual variations in the density of their calcium carbonate (caco3) skeleton, similar to tree rings. The annual density bands are revealed when slices of coral skeleton are X-rayed.
Industry:Natural environment
Pertaining to or composed of cartilage; of the consistence of cartilage or gristle.
Industry:Natural environment
Stony, soft, gorgonian, black, and horny corals that inhabit the colder deep waters of continental shelves and offshore canyons, ranging from 50 -1000m+ depths. They lack zooxanthellae and may build reef-like structures or occur solitarily.
Industry:Natural environment
