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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A gene that can reverse the effect of a mutation in other genes, i.e., a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene, especially of a mutant gene.
Industry:Natural environment
A method of structuring data as collections of tables that are logically associated to each other by shared attributes. Any data element can be found in a relation by knowing the name of the table, the attribute (column) name, and the value of the primary key.
Industry:Natural environment
A relatively level area of fine silt along a shore (as in a sheltered estuary) or around an island, alternately covered and uncovered by the tide, or covered by shallow water.
Industry:Natural environment
A sudden spurt of algal growth that can indicate potentially hazardous changes in local water chemistry.
Industry:Natural environment
An abdominal pouch where certain animals carry their young, as in some crustaceans and the brood pouch of the male seahorse .
Industry:Natural environment
An organism that has been modified by the application of recombinant DNA technology.
Industry:Natural environment
Collection of organs which have related roles in an organism's functioning. The nervous system, circulatory system, and muscle system are all organ systems.
Industry:Natural environment
In areas where the land is obscured by marsh grass, mangrove forests, cypress or similar marine vegetation, the actual shoreline can not be accurately represented. Instead, the outer limit line of the vegetation area is delineated (where it would appear to the eye as the shoreline) and is referred to as the apparent shoreline.
Industry:Natural environment
That part of the Earth's crust underlying the ocean basins. It is composed of basalt and has a thickness of about 5 km.
Industry:Natural environment
