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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Morphological and physiological characteristics an organism developed in response to prolonged exposure to environmental conditions.
Industry:Natural environment
Refers to a taxonomist who focuses more on similarities than differences among taxa, discounting the importance of minor variation among individuals, and who tends to recognise fewer taxa.
Industry:Natural environment
Unit of DNA or RNA sequence equal to one million (10<SUP6< sup>) pairs of nucleotide bases. Abbreviated Mb.
Industry:Natural environment
A heterotrophic organism that breaks down dead biological matter and uses some of the products and releases others for use by consumer organisms.
Industry:Natural environment
A neurotoxic compound which is produced by certain marine dinoglagellates and associated with the digestive tract of herbivorous fishes. It is responsible for a form of seafood poisoning in humans eating tropical coral reef fishes.
Industry:Natural environment
A sheet of tissue that envelops, separates, or supports particular organs or body regions; a vertical sheet of tissue that divides the gastrovascular cavity of sea anemones.
Industry:Natural environment
A term that refers to coral branches which grow back together after the initial division.
Industry:Natural environment
An area of low pressure. Circulation is counterclockwise around a low pressure system in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
Industry:Natural environment
