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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A gap, e.g., unoccupied space between the distributions of two species or populations; a space between teeth.
Industry:Natural environment
A metabolic or behavioral rhythm that originates within the organism and persists regardless of external conditions.
Industry:Natural environment
A reef-building coral with zooxanthellae in its tissues.
Industry:Natural environment
All of the offspring that hatch from a single clutch of eggs or the offspring of a single birth; to incubate eggs.
Industry:Natural environment
An organism at the top of the food chain, relying on smaller organisms for food.
Industry:Natural environment
In animal behavior, a response to a predator or other dangerous situation, in which the threatened animal may flee, hide, or stay motionless in order to avoid contact.
Industry:Natural environment
Infection of a cell with nucleic acid from a virus, resulting in replication of the complete virus; gene transfer into eukaryotic cells .
Industry:Natural environment
