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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A warm, swift, ocean current that flows northward between Cuba and the Yucatán peninsula, moves into the Gulf of Mexico, loops clockwise in the eastern Gulf before exiting east into the Atlantic Ocean through the Florida Straits. It is part of the western boundary current system of the North Atlantic subtropical gyre and may extend to great depths. An eddy, or Loop Current ring, separates from the Loop Current and may drift slowly westward into the central and western Gulf of Mexico.
Industry:Natural environment
Refers to organisms that grow and reproduce at extremely low temperatures, typically below 10 degrees C.
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A website address, such as: www.coris.noaa.gov.
Industry:Natural environment
A world leader in GIS (geographic information system) software and technology.
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A worldwide monitoring programme that investigates and documents the status of seagrass resources and the threats to this important and imperilled marine ecosystem. The programme started in 2001 in the Western Pacific and now includes 110 sites in 30 countries with a global monitoring protocol and web-based data reporting system.
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Accumulated thermal stress that coral reefs experience over a typical 12-week period.
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Acrobat Reader is a software product from Adobe, designed to view.pdf (portable document format) documents downloaded from the World Wide Web.
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Agnathans are the most primitive and ancient of the vertebrates. As the name "Agnatha" implies, they lack jaws. Paired fins are also generally absent, and the the adult retains the notochord. The skeleton is cartilaginous. The agnathans include the lampreys and hagfishes.
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Also termed deoxyribonucleic acid. The molecule that encodes genetic information in the cells. It resembles a double helix held together by weak bonds of four nucleotides (adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine) that are repeated ad infinitum in various sequences. These sequences combine into genes that govern the production of proteins. The DNA located within the nuclear membrane of eukaryotic cells is sometimes referred to as ndna.
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AMLC is a confederation of more than 30 marine research, education, and resource management institutions endeavouring to encourage the production and exchange of research and resource management information, advance the cause of marine and environmental education in the region, and facilitate cooperation and mutual assistance among its membership. It was founded in 1956 by marine researchers with interests in the marine science of the tropical Atlantic and the Caribbean. The strength of AMLC lies in the diversity of its member laboratories and the extensive expertise of its membership.
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