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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Tables which give daily predictions of the times and heights of high and low waters. These predictions are usually supplemented by tidal differences and constants through which predictions can be obtained for numerous other locations.
Industry:Natural environment
The fan-shaped area at the mouth or lower end of a river formed by eroded material that has been carried downstream and dropped in quantities larger than can be carried off by tides or currents.
Industry:Natural environment
The process of nuclear division in eukaryotic cells that produces two daughter cells from one mother cell, all of which are genetically identical to each other. See cell division -.
Industry:Natural environment
Provides a common set of terminology and definitions for the documentation of biological data through the creation of extended elements and a profile of the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata. Its purpose is to provide a user-defined or theme-specific profile of the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata to increase its utility for documenting biological resources data and information. This standard can be used to specify metadata content for the full range of biological resources data and information. It also serves as the metadata content standard for the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII).
Industry:Natural environment
A class of pheromone which is an interspecific chemical secretion that benefits the receiver but not the emitter; also defined as a pheromone produced by organisms to attract a mate, though in some cases can also undesirably attract the attention of a predator.
Industry:Natural environment
A gas which is released by the body as a result of metabolism. Carbon dioxide is an example of a metabolic gas.
Industry:Natural environment
A metabolic processes that releases energy as complex molecules are broken down into simpler ones.
Industry:Natural environment
A region of sea surface temperature (SST) that exceeds the climatological maximum for a region by 1 deg C or more. These conditions may cause sufficient stress to coral reefs to result in coral bleaching.
Industry:Natural environment
