- Industry: Government
- Number of terms: 30456
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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The use of telecommunications technology to give the appearance of an individual being present at a location other than the actual location of that individual.
Industry:Natural environment
Passed in 1960, and amended several times, the Sikes Act authorises the Secretary of defence to develop cooperative plans for conservation and rehabilitation programmes on military reservations and to establish outdoor recreation facilities. The Act also provides for the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to develop cooperative plans for conservation and rehabilitation programmes on public lands under their jurisdiction. Some coral reefs are affected by this Act.
Industry:Natural environment
A framework for establishing acceptable and appropriate resource and social conditions in recreation settings. LAC is an approach to balance recreational use of a "wilderness" area with environmental and resource protection needs.
Industry:Natural environment
A receptor that is stimulated by the presence of certain chemical substances.
Industry:Natural environment
Agonistic display behaviour in which a fish faces another fish and flares its gill covers (opercula) and opens its mouth wide. This behaviour may indicate aggression, territoriality or self defence (by making it appear too large to attack or eat).
Industry:Natural environment
An opening in molluscs or in urochordates (tunicates) which draws water into the body cavity. In many molluscs, such as octopods and squids, the syphon may be used to forcibly expel water, providing a means of propulsion.
Industry:Natural environment
Changes in the nature of single genes or segments of chromosomes, which are then inherited by successive generations.
Industry:Natural environment
Illness or disease; the incidence and prevalence of a specific disease.
Industry:Natural environment
