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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The sovereign waters of a nation, recognized internationally under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the SEA as extending out 200 nautical miles from shore. Within the U.S. the EEZ typically is between three and 200 miles from shore.
Industry:Natural environment
A chromatophore that contains more than one kind of pigment.
Industry:Natural environment
A form that is thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other.
Industry:Natural environment
A measurement or standard that serves as a point of reference by which process performance is measured.
Industry:Natural environment
A radiometer that measures radiant energy as a function of wavelength.
Industry:Natural environment
An isotope of a chemical element which is not spontaneously radioactive. Elements can exist in both stable and unstable (radioactive) forms. Most elements of biological interest (including C, H, O, N, and S) have two or more stable isotopes, with the lightest of these present in much greater abundance than the others. Among stable isotopes the most useful as biological tracers are the heavy isotopes of carbon and nitrogen. These two elements are found in the earth, the atmosphere, and all organisms.
Industry:Natural environment
Cells or organisms having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes.
Industry:Natural environment
