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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
An automated coral bleaching e-mail alert system designed to monitor the status of thermal stress conducive to coral bleaching via the use of the CRW global satellite near-real time hotspot suite of products.The SBA was developed by the NOAA as a tool for coral reef managers, scientists and other interested people. The SBA became operational in July 2005.
Industry:Natural environment
An environmental partnership and network that brings all the stakeholders together with the objective of sustainable use and conservation of coral reefs for future generations. ICRI is an informal mechanism that allows representatives of over 80 developing countries with coral reefs to sit in equal partnership with major donor countries and development banks, international environmental and development agencies, scientific associations, the private sector and non-governmental organisations (ngos) to decide on the best strategies to conserve the world's coral reef resources.
Industry:Natural environment
An enzyme that catalyses the bonding reaction between nucleotides of DNA and RNA. Organisms use RNA polymerase to accelerate the process of copying DNA strands during cell reproduction.
Industry:Natural environment
An enzyme that functions in producing or using adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
Industry:Natural environment
An enzyme that replicates DNA. DNA polymerase is the basis of PCR ( polymerase chain reaction).
Industry:Natural environment
An epoch of the Quaternary period dating from the end of the Pleistocene approximately 8,000 years ago until the present.
Industry:Natural environment
An era of geologic time lasting from 570 to 245 million years ago.
Industry:Natural environment
An era of time during the Phanerozoic aeon lasting from 245 million years ago to 66.4 million ago.
Industry:Natural environment
An important and dominant genus of hermatypic coral. Porites brood or release live young rather than sperm and egg packets like most corals.
Industry:Natural environment
An important genus of calcareous green algae in coral reef environments.
Industry:Natural environment
