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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
To shed part or all of a coat or outer covering, such as, shell, feathers, cuticle or skin, which is replaced periodically by a new growth.
Industry:Natural environment
A compound whose activated form emits light. In the presence of the enzyme luciferase and ATP, luciferin is oxidised to produce oxyluciferin and energy given off as cold light (bioluminescence).
Industry:Natural environment
A scientific experiment, in which results from an experimental group with variable conditions, is compared with a control group with nonvariable conditions.
Industry:Natural environment
A system that allows people to send e-mail to one address, whereupon their message is copied and sent to all of the other subscribers to the maillist. In this way, people who have many different kinds of e-mail access can participate in discussions together.
Industry:Natural environment
In evolution, a trait that has been inherited unchanged from an ancestor.
Industry:Natural environment
The amount of oxygen taken up by microorganisms that decompose organic waste matter in water. It is therefore used as a measure of the amount of certain types of organic pollutant in water. A high BOD indicates the presence of a large number of microorganisms, which suggests a high level of pollution.
Industry:Natural environment
The inducing of structural alterations that disrupt the biological activity of a molecule. It often refers to breaking hydrogen bonds between base pairs (by heat) in double-stranded nucleic acid molecules to produce single-stranded polynucleotides, or altering the secondary and tertiary structure of a protein, destroying its activity .
Industry:Natural environment
The region near the border of a protected area; a transition zone between areas managed for different objectives.
Industry:Natural environment
