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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Air compressed to a pressure higher than the surrounding atmospheric pressure (ambient pressure).
Industry:Natural environment
An organ containing or producing spores in some algae and fungi.
Industry:Natural environment
Changes in the physical and chemical properties of oil due to natural processes, including evaporation, emulsification, dissolution, photo-oxidation, and biodegradation.
Industry:Natural environment
In a digitised image, this is the area on the ground represented by each digital value. Because the analogue signal from the detector of a scanner may be sampled at any desired interval, the picture element may be smaller that the ground resolution cell of the detector. It is commonly abbreviated as pixel.
Industry:Natural environment
In tunicates, the opening that carries water, wastes, and gametes from the organism. Also called the excurrent or exhalent siphon/canal.
Industry:Natural environment
The expansion of a species' ecological niche, associated with the lack of competition with other species.
Industry:Natural environment
Passed in 1972, the CZMA provides for management of shoreline areas that may include coral reefs.
Industry:Natural environment
A circular colonial corallum up to 1 m height and 4 m diameter. Growth is mainly lateral, as upward growth is limited by aerial exposure.
Industry:Natural environment
A members of the Order Decapoda, Class Malacostraca, Superclass Crustacea, Phylum Arthropoda; has five pairs of thoracic legs. Examples are shrimps, lobsters, crabs, and hermit crabs.
Industry:Natural environment
