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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The extension of existing sciences into the realms of the extremely small, as in nanomaterials, nanochemistry, nanobiology, nanophysics, nanoengineering, etc.
Industry:Natural environment
The process of controlling the amount of water in tissues and cells.
Industry:Natural environment
The ventral plate (or sclerite) of each segment of the body of an arthropod.
Industry:Natural environment
Planktonic and benthic protozoan protists that have a test (shell) composed of calcium carbonate.
Industry:Natural environment
A circulating tissue composed of a fluid portion (plasma) with suspended formed elements (red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets) that delivers nutrients and hormones to cells and removes wastes; In some invertebrates, the blood is called the haemolymph.
Industry:Natural environment
A membrane-bounded vesicle in eukaryotic cells that has a secretory, endocytotic, phagocytotic or storage function.
Industry:Natural environment
A reef that develops adjacent to deeper waters, often in association with oceanic islands.
Industry:Natural environment
