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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
An epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world .
Industry:Natural environment
Obligate or required. For example, an obligatory cleaner fish relies entirely on this feeding mode to obtain nutrients; opposite of facultative.
Industry:Natural environment
The chronological series of changes, from a lower to a higher state of organization, which multicellular organisms undergo from the fertilized egg (zygote) to maturity.
Industry:Natural environment
The metabolic processes that consumes energy and involve the synthesis of larger, complex molecules from simpler ones.
Industry:Natural environment
A disk-like organelle with a double membrane, found in some protists and all green plant cells, that contains chlorophyll and is the site of photosynthesis.
Industry:Natural environment
The state in which the action of multiple forces produces a steady balance, resulting in no change over time.
Industry:Natural environment
Relatively minor change in the composition of a species' gene pool over time.
Industry:Natural environment
A large-scale physical feature within the ecosystem. Reef zones are determined by currents, wave surge, exposure to sunlight and water depth, and may be comprised of a number of habitats.
Industry:Natural environment
