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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The pumping of molecules or ions through a membrane against their concentration gradient.This action requires the expenditure of energy through ATP hydrolysis.
Industry:Natural environment
The 18th century Swedish botanist (1707-1778) who established the modern binomial system of biological nomenclature for plants and animals. His non-latinized name was Carl von Linne.
Industry:Natural environment
A group of species, other than a subgenus, within a genus, or a group of subspecies within a species. An aggregate may be denoted by a group name.
Industry:Natural environment
A general term used to describe a group of cnidarians; indicates the presence of skeletal material that is embedded in the living tissue or encloses the animal altogether.
Industry:Natural environment
A suspension of life processes when conditions become unfavorable. In these resistant states some animals, such nematodes, rotifers and tardigrades, as can survive extreme drying, heat, or cold, and then return to "life" when favourable conditions return.
Industry:Natural environment
An acidic cyanotoxin found associated with certain diatom blooms. Domoic acid can bioaccumulate in marine organisms that feed on the phytoplankton, such as shellfish and some fishes. In mammals, including humans, domoic acid is a neurotoxin responsible for Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning (ASP) , causing short term memory loss, brain damage, and in severe cases, death.
Industry:Natural environment
An organism which can survive under a wide variety of environmental conditions, and does not specialise to exist under any particular set of circumstances.
Industry:Natural environment
V taxonómii, klasifikácia, ktorá zdôrazňuje zoskupenie spolu taxónov v podobnej fáze vývoja, skôr ako umiestnenie na rovnakom riadku phyletic.
Industry:Natural environment
Pertains to organisms that inhabit fresh, brackish and marine waters.
Industry:Natural environment
