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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
In general, atoms, molecules, molecular fragments, ions, etc., being subjected to a chemical process or to a measurement. Specifically a chemical species may be defined as an ensemble of chemically identical molecular entities or the specific form of an element defined as to isotopic composition, electronic or oxidation state, and (or) complex or molecular structure.
Industry:Natural environment
Measurements made at the actual location of the object or material measured, in contrast to remote sensing.
Industry:Natural environment
The average amount of time between the appearances of two successive generations (parent and offspring).
Industry:Natural environment
The layer of the ocean that receives sufficient sunlight for photosynthesis. The depth to which 1% of incident light penetrates (1% is the minimum amount of light required for photosynthesis).
Industry:Natural environment
The right side of a vessel to someone facing the bow or front.
Industry:Natural environment
Unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion.
Industry:Natural environment
A growth rate trend characterised by an elongated S–shaped, or sigmoid curve. It is typical of population growth rate trends which begin rapidly at an exponential rate but slow as limiting factors are encountered until a limit is approached asymptotically.
Industry:Natural environment
A net primarily designed to catch fish by entanglement in a mesh that consists of a single sheet of webbing which hangs between cork line and lead line, and which is fished from the surface of the water.
Industry:Natural environment
A sex cell, e.g., a spermatozoan or egg cell, produced by sexually reproducing orgnaisms.
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