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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Organophosphate compounds are a diverse group of chemicals used in both domestic and industrial settings. Examples include insecticides, nerve gases, ophthalmic agents, and antihelmintics. Organophosphate pollution may adversely effect coral health.
Industry:Natural environment
The time interval required for a bacterial cell to divide, or for a population of bacterial cells to double. Generation times for bacterial species growing in nature may be as short as 15 minutes or as long as several days.
Industry:Natural environment
The legislative bodies responsible for the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and for authorization of the activities of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.
Industry:Natural environment
A flat plate that is honeycombed with multiple wells. It is used in DNA sequencing and other laboratory analytical techniques.
Industry:Natural environment
A marsh or sandy or muddy coastal flatland which is covered and uncovered by the rise and fall of the tide.
Industry:Natural environment
A process of fusion of the cytoplasm of two sex cells or gametes; the first step in syngamy (fertilization).
Industry:Natural environment
