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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures; volatility is the property of changing readily from a solid or liquid phase to a vapor phase .
Industry:Natural environment
In sponges, part of the aquiferous system between the ostia and prosopyle.
Industry:Natural environment
The movement of organisms in response to an electric field.
Industry:Natural environment
The space between the mantle and the rest of the body parts of a mollusk, which contains several important respiratory and reproductive organs.
Industry:Natural environment
A deep and narrow depression cutting across the reef front with origins relating to jointing planes in the reef limestone or non-limestone bedrock.
Industry:Natural environment
A large family (Pomacentridae) of bony fishes which are abundant and common inhabitants of coral reefs. They possess robust, deep, and laterally compressed bodies. The majority of damselfishes do not have particularly brilliant markings or coloration. Exceptions are the brilliantly colored anemone fishes, the banded sergant major, and the bright orange garibaldi, Many species of damselfishes are highly territorial.
Industry:Natural environment
