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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
XVIII secolo botanico svedese (1707-1778) che ha stabilito il sistema binomio moderno della nomenclatura biologica per piante e animali. Il suo nome latinizzato non era Carl von Linne.
Industry:Natural environment
Un gruppo di specie, diverso da un sottogenere, all'interno di un genere, o un gruppo di sottospecie all'interno di una specie. Un aggregato può essere indicato con un nome di gruppo.
Industry:Natural environment
Un termine generale usato per descrivere un gruppo di cnidari; indica la presenza di materiale scheletrico che è incorporato nel tessuto vivente o racchiude tutto l'animale.
Industry:Natural environment
Un minerale costituito da una forma cristallina di carbonato di calcio.
Industry:Natural environment
A toxin, discharged with mucus into the water, by trunkfishes of the genus Ostracion when they are stressed .
Industry:Natural environment
Speciation occurring during a period of geographical isolation.
Industry:Natural environment
The total amount of chemical energy fixed by the processes of photosynthesis minus the chemical energy lost through respiration; same as 'net photosynthetic rate'.
Industry:Natural environment
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a federal agency within the US Department of Commerce that is dedicated to predicting and protecting the environment. NOAA's overall mission is to understand and predict changes in the Earth+s environment, protect life and property, provide decision makers with reliable scientific information, conserve and manage the Nation+s living marine and coastal resources to meet our Nation+s economic, social, and environmental needs, and foster global environmental stewardship. To achieve its mission, NOAA+s focus through 2008 will be on four mission goals:
1. Protect, restore, and manage the use of coastal and ocean resources through ecosystem-based management.
2. Understand climate variability and change to enhance society+s ability to plan and respond.
3. Serve society+s needs for weather and water information.
4. Support the Nation+s commerce with information for safe, efficient, and environmentally sound transportation.
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