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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
An artificial structure placed on the ocean floor to provide a hard substrate for sea life to colonize. Artificial reefs are constructed by sinking dense materials, such as old ships and barges, concrete ballasted tyre units, concrete and steel demolition debris and dredge rock on the sea floor within designated reef sites.
Industry:Natural environment
Any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules -.
Industry:Natural environment
Discoloration of surface waters, most frequently in coastal areas, caused by large concentrations of microorganisms, such as algae or cyanobacteria.
Industry:Natural environment
In mathematics, a subset of a given set is a collection of things that belong to the original set.
Industry:Natural environment
Native; indigenous; originating or occurring naturally in the place specified.
Industry:Natural environment
The building block of a protein. Twenty different amino acids are used to synthesise proteins. The shape and other properties of each protein is dictated by its precise sequence of amino acids. Humans must include adequate amounts of 9 of the 20 amino acids in their diet. These "essential" amino acids cannot be synthesised from other precursors.
Industry:Natural environment
The lower part of a cnidarian polyp, into which the distal portion of the polyp, the anthocodium (which includes the mouth and the tenacles) is withdrawn.
Industry:Natural environment
The scientific study of the physics of organisms, their biological structure and processes.
Industry:Natural environment
