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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
An action that occurs either completely or not at all, such as the generation of an action potential by a neuron, or the contraction of a muscle cell.
Industry:Natural environment
Competition between two organisms (or species) in which one is much more adversely affected than the other.
Industry:Natural environment
Pertains to serially repeated structures which can be counted, e.g. Scales, vertebrae, fin rays, fin spines, other spines, myomeres, photophores, scutes, laterel line pores, etc.
Industry:Natural environment
The ability of certain animals to navigate by instinct to specific sites. Depending upon the species, the cues involved may be related to star patterns, sun angle, polarised light, chemical scents or tastes, or the Earth's magnetic field.
Industry:Natural environment
The free swimming stage of some corals, jellyfish, anemones, hydroids and comb jellies, shaped like a bell or umbrella and swims by pulsations of the body.
Industry:Natural environment
The pygmy goby, Eviota sigillata, has the shortest life span of any known vertebrate on Earth, with a maximum life expectancy of 59 days. Eviota sigillata is a small cryptic coral reef fish distributed in the Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles to the Great Barrier Reef and Micronesia, north to the Ogasawara Islands.
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The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) was established by the Commonwealth government in 1972 to generate and transfer the knowledge needed for the sustainable use and protection of the marine environment through innovative, world-class scientific and technological research. It is a federally-funded and independent statutory authority governed by a Council appointed by the Australian government. AIMS has its headquarters at Cape Ferguson, 25km east of Townsville in North Queensland.
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A collective term for the appendages around the mouth of crustaceans which are concerned with feeding: mandibles, maxillae and maxillipeds.
Industry:Natural environment
A response of gorgonia (Pseudoplexaura spp.) To tissue invasion by the algae, Entocladia endozoica, in Florida and Caribbean waters. The host gorgonia react to the algal filaments by producing capsules (galls) composed of skeletal elements that isolate the algae from the host tissue, at the expense of the skeletons' tensile strength and elasticity. The gorgonium readily breaks apart at the sites of the weakened skeleton. For more information and illustrations, see: http://www.coral.noaa.gov/coral_disease/algal_galls.shtml.
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A symbiotic association in which one organism lives inside another .
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