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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Having a worldwide distribution; common to abundant in a given area.
Industry:Natural environment
In taxonomy, one of several syntypes, designated by any author after the original publication of a species name as the 'type specimen' for the taxonomic name. Designated only where there was no original holotype.
Industry:Natural environment
Organic compounds composed of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen; includes the simple sugars, double sugars, and complex sugars (starches).
Industry:Natural environment
Soil, sand, and minerals washed from land into water, usually after rain. They pile up in reservoirs, rivers, harbors, and coastal areas destroying habitats, and clouding the water so that sunlight cannot reach aquatic plants. Careless farming, mining, and building activities expose sediment materials, allowing them to wash off the land after rainfall.
Industry:Natural environment
The dissociation and dispersal of coral polyps from adult colonies.
Industry:Natural environment
The point in the orbit of the Moon or man-made satellite nearest to the Earth; the point in the orbit of a satellite nearest to its companion body.
Industry:Natural environment
The kingdom of immobile multicellular eukaryotes that obtain energy through photosynthesis, and have cells encased in cell walls composed of cellulose.
Industry:Natural environment
A central concept of biology that all living organisms are descended from predecessor living organisms.
Industry:Natural environment
