- Industry: Government
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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A connexion between two segments of habitat that allows for the safe movement of individuals between the segments.
Industry:Natural environment
A museum collection of specimens that are stored in ethanol, isopropanol, formalin or other liquid preservatives.
Industry:Natural environment
A sensory cell with a hair-like process capable of detecting motion or vibrations in water.
Industry:Natural environment
A taxonomic group ranking that is between a phylum and a class.
Industry:Natural environment
An animal which exhibits parental behaviour towards another animal's offspring.
Industry:Natural environment
Analytical procedures for the determination of the sequential order of amino acids in a polypeptide chain or nucleotides in a DNA or RNA molecule.
Industry:Natural environment
Deepwater area extending offshore from the seaward edge of the fore reef to the beginning of the escarpment where the insular shelf drops off to the deep, oceanic water. If no reef crest is present, it is the flattened platform between the fore reef and the deep ocean waters or between the intertidal zone and open ocean.
Industry:Natural environment
In fishes, an unpaired fin located on the sagittal plane of the body, i.e., the dorsal, caudal and anal fins.
Industry:Natural environment
Lower part of the coral cup, separating the polyp from the substratum. A synonym of pedal disc.
Industry:Natural environment
Protective camouflage coloration where the individual resembles its backgound.
Industry:Natural environment
