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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A term that refers to the spectral dependence of the radiance leaving a water body.
Industry:Natural environment
An area of relatively uniform environmental conditions, occupied by a given plant community and its associated animal community.
Industry:Natural environment
Any fish species in the order Pleuronectiformes, which includes flounders, flukes, dabs, halibuts, plaice, soles, and turbots. All flatfishes have an unusualy compressed body form adapted to life on the bottom. As the bilaterally symmetrical immature forms develop, one eye migrates to either the left or right side, depending upon the species. The body compresses laterally with changes in the skeletal and internal organ systems, and the animal rests on either its left or right side. The side on the bottom is pale, while the other side is strongly pigmented. Some species are able to change their pigmentation to match the appearance of the bottom.
Industry:Natural environment
Descriptive taxonomy concerned primarily with the discovery, description, and naming of species, usually on the basis of morphological characters.
Industry:Natural environment
In genomics, a short pre-existing single-stranded polynucleotide chain to which new deoxyribonucleotides can be added by DNA polymerase. It anneals to a nucleic acid template and promotes copying of the template starting from the primer site; a single-stranded nucleic acid that can "prime" replication of a template.
Industry:Natural environment
Morphologically, toward the rear or back end of an individual, or distal portion of a bodily part.
Industry:Natural environment
The branch of biology that is concerned with the study of functions of particular structures or organs of organisms.
Industry:Natural environment
The link between two atoms within a molecule. Different types of chemical bonds include hydrogen bonds, covalent bonds, and ionic bonds.
Industry:Natural environment
The science that is concerned with origins and causes of disease.
Industry:Natural environment
