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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A statement that seems self-contradictory, yet may nevertheless be true.
Industry:Natural environment
A well-defined set of interacting individuals that compose a proportion of a larger, interbreeding population.
Industry:Natural environment
Having genetic material (DNA) from another species. This term can be applied to an organism that has genes from another organism.
Industry:Natural environment
In taxonomy, the first person after a taxon was proposed to select one of the names over the other (or one nomenclatural act over another) when both names (or acts) were published at the same time. Also applies to first selection of multiple original spellings.
Industry:Natural environment
Orientation to water currents. An animal may face into the current (positive rheotaxis) or face downstream of the current (negative rheotaxis) .
Industry:Natural environment
Spawning events where many different species spawn simultaneously.
Industry:Natural environment
The ecosystem upon which endangered and threatened species depend; habitat crucial to the survival of the species.
Industry:Natural environment
The portion of a reef seaward of reef crest. A synonym of reef slope.
Industry:Natural environment
