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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Large reef growths, generally having irregular shape, which develop over submerged highs of tectonic or other origin and are surrounded by deeper waters.
Industry:Natural environment
The functional and physical unit of heredity passed from parent to offspring. Genes are pieces of DNA, and most genes contain the information for making a specific protein.
Industry:Natural environment
The random alignment of homologous chromosomes during meiosis. Each member of a pair of homologous chromosomes separates independently of the members of other pairs so the results are random.
Industry:Natural environment
The class of cartilaginous fishes that includes sharks, rays, skates, and chimaeras. Their skeleton is composed of cartilage, not bone.
Industry:Natural environment
A colony that spreads horizontally as the branches fuse into a solid or near solid plate.
Industry:Natural environment
A geographic area of relative homogeneity in ecological systems or in relationships between organisms and their environment; a relatively large area of land or water that contains a geographically distinct assemblage of natural communities.
Industry:Natural environment
A ring-shaped patch reef with a central area (lagoon) containing sand.
Industry:Natural environment
A symbiotic interaction between two species in which both derive some benefit.
Industry:Natural environment
An aerial root of a mangrove that emerges from the ground then loops back in. It is also called a peg root. It is not clear whether knee roots have a role in respiration.
Industry:Natural environment
