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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Incomplete cleavage of the zygote, restricted to the blastodisc, the non-yolky cytoplasm at one end of the egg; typical of teloblastic eggs.
Industry:Natural environment
The extension of existing sciences into the realms of the extremely small, as in nanomaterials, nanochemistry, nanobiology, nanophysics, nanoengineering, etc.
Industry:Natural environment
The process of controlling the amount of water in tissues and cells.
Industry:Natural environment
The ventral plate (or sclerite) of each segment of the body of an arthropod.
Industry:Natural environment
Planktonic and benthic protozoan protists that have a test (shell) composed of calcium carbonate.
Industry:Natural environment
A circulating tissue composed of a fluid portion (plasma) with suspended formed elements (red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets) that delivers nutrients and hormones to cells and removes wastes; In some invertebrates, the blood is called the haemolymph.
Industry:Natural environment
A membrane-bounded vesicle in eukaryotic cells that has a secretory, endocytotic, phagocytotic or storage function.
Industry:Natural environment
A reef that develops adjacent to deeper waters, often in association with oceanic islands.
Industry:Natural environment
A substance produced by one organism that adversely affects another organism.
Industry:Natural environment
