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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
An interagency agreement defining the role and responsibility which each agency has in dealing with particular issues.
Industry:Natural environment
An international non-profit organization that provides free and universal access to data regarding the world's biodiversity. A wide range of countries and organizations participate in GBIF and have made their data available through the GBIF web site (http://www.gbif.org).
Industry:Natural environment
An international, not-for-profit organization that brings marine aquarium animal collectors, exporters, importers and retailers together with aquarium keepers, public aquariums, conservation organizations, and government agencies. Its mission is to conserve coral reefs and other marine ecosystems by creating standards and certification for those engaged in the collection and care of ornamental marine life from reef to aquarium.
Industry:Natural environment
An interval of the late Neogene period, from 5.3 to 1.8 million years before present.
Industry:Natural environment
An interval of the Quaternary period, from 1.8 million years before present to 10 thousand years before present.
Industry:Natural environment
An irregular variation of ocean current that from January to March flows off the west coast of South America, carrying warm, low-salinity, nutrient-poor water to the south. It is associated with the Southern Oscillation. These two effects are known as the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO). El Niño usually occurs during the Christmas season when the equatorial counter current strengthens and flows eastward to overlie the cold, nutrient-rich waters of the Peru current. It does not usually extend farther than a few degrees south of the equator, but occasionally it does penetrate beyond 12 deg S, displacing the relatively cold Peru Current. The effects of this phenomenon are generally short-lived, and fishing is only slightly disrupted. Occasionally, the effects are major and prolonged.
Industry:Natural environment
An open atoll in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) that consists of a large, crescent-shaped reef surrounding numerous small, sandy islets. While the land area is only one-fourth square kilometer (67 acres), the total coral reef area of the shoals is over 938 square kilometers (232,000 acres). The reef system associated with French Frigate Shoals supports the greatest variety of coral species in the NWHI, with 41species of stony corals documented. It also supports more than 600 species of invertebrates, many of which are endemic to the area, over 150 species of algae, and many species of fishes. Hundreds of green sea turtles travel to the shoals for safe nesting. The many small islets of French Frigate Shoals also provide refuge to the largest sub-population of endangered Hawaiian monk seals.
Industry:Natural environment
An order of arthropods that includes horseshoe crabs, daddy-longlegs, and extinct "sea-scorpions, spiders and scorpions, mites and ticks, " Most of its marine representatives are extinct, but were prominent in the Paleozoic.
Industry:Natural environment
An order of Cnidaria, usually producing calcareous skeletons with hexameral symmetry.
Industry:Natural environment
