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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
An assemblage of diverse organisms inhabiting a common biotope.
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Any of a large subclass (Copepoda) of usually minute freshwater and marine crustaceans that form an important element of the zooplankton in the marine environment and in some fresh waters. A common feature uniting all the copepod orders is a single simple eye in the middle of the head, at least in the larval stage. The cephalosome, a shield over the head and some thoracic segments distinguishes the free living forms from parasitic ones. Some species are ectoparasites of marine fishes.
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Divided into five parts; a characteristic of the body plan of echinoderms.
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Nearshore bathymetry characterised by rapid and substantial increases in depth that are continuous with the deeper parts of the ocean.
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Refers to things not involved with or produced by living organisms.
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The major photosynthetic pigment found in all oxygen-evolving photosynthetic organisms (higher plants, and red and green algae).
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The sequence of DNA or RNA located between the start-code sequence (initiation codon) and the stop-code sequence (termination codon).
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Uptake of material into a cell by the formation of a membrane-bound vesicle.
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A cylindrical sample, obtained with a hollow drill, extracted from, inter alia, a seabed, lake bottom, or coral to investigate the composition and depths of layers.
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