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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The study of the interactions between microorganisms and their environment.
Industry:Natural environment
A breathing device that allows a swimmer to breathe while face down in the water. It consists of a bent plastic or rubber tube fitting into a swimmer's mouth and extending above the surface.
Industry:Natural environment
A dorsal fin containing only soft rays, or the soft-rayed hind part of the dorsal fin, if both spines and soft rays are present (as in squirrelfish).
Industry:Natural environment
A listing of the number, type, label and sequence of all the genes identified within the genome of a given organism.
Industry:Natural environment
A polyp that acts in an aggressive manner by stinging neighboring corals and sessile invertebrates.
Industry:Natural environment
A specialized stinging cell found in cnidarians.
Industry:Natural environment
A type of symbiosis where two (or more) organisms from different species live in close proximity to one another, and where one of the members suffers as a result of the relationship while the other is unaffected by it.
Industry:Natural environment
An incomplete behavior pattern that provides information about the activity a particular animal is about to perform, and acts as a signal to others.
Industry:Natural environment
Associated with a river and the area adjacent to it; includes all wetlands and deepwater habitats contained within a stream channel.
Industry:Natural environment
General Hawaiian name for all kinds of aquatic plants and soft corals; also terrestrial algae growing in any damp place on the ground, on rocks, and on other plants.
Industry:Natural environment
