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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A growth pattern where the coral branches are close together.
Industry:Natural environment
A nerve plexus above the esophagus in the head of malacostracan crustaceans.
Industry:Natural environment
A set route that migratory animals follow when they migrate from one area to another.
Industry:Natural environment
A technique to insert DNA into cells. The DNA is mixed with small metal particles, usually tungsten or gold, a fraction of a micrometer across. These are then fired into a cell at very high speed.
Industry:Natural environment
An area along the spur and groove system (zone) where the sand channel widens considerably.
Industry:Natural environment
Any climate parameter that changes over a period of time; e.g., temperature, rainfall, humidity.
Industry:Natural environment
In general, atoms, molecules, molecular fragments, ions, etc., being subjected to a chemical process or to a measurement. Specifically a chemical species may be defined as an ensemble of chemically identical molecular entities or the specific form of an element defined as to isotopic composition, electronic or oxidation state, and (or) complex or molecular structure.
Industry:Natural environment
Measurements made at the actual location of the object or material measured, in contrast to remote sensing.
Industry:Natural environment
