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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A symbiotic organism; either of two organisms participating in a symbiotic relationship.
Industry:Natural environment
An organism which has adopted a lifestyle or niche specific to a particular set of conditions.
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Consisting of dissimilar elements, parts or forms; having non-uniform structure or composition.
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In coral sexual reproduction, the polyps of many species release bundles of eggs and sperm cells, called gamete bundles, that float to the sea surface. The layers surrounding the egg and sperm bundles soon rupture, releasing the gametes at the surface, where fertilisation occurs.
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Larva of a sea cucumber; an early bipennaria larva of a starfish.
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The ability to support and maintain a balanced, integrated, adaptive biological community having a species composition, diversity and functional organisation comparable to that of a natural habitat in the region.
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The genetic constitution of an individual or group. In taxonomy, the genotype is the type species of a genus.
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The rapid reorganisation of an ecosystem's organisational structure and dynamics from one relatively stable state to another. In the oceans, regimes may last for several decades. Shifts often appear to be associated with changes in climate .
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Tiny single corallites that form immediately after the metamorphosis of planula larvae.
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Typu buniek, ktorá tvorí povrchovú vrstvu (pinacoderm alebo epidermis) tampónu. Pinacocytes sú schopné syntetizovanie kolagénu.
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