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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Capable of returning to an initial form or shape after deformation; resilient.
Industry:Natural environment
Pertaining to an organism that has a venom, usually secreted by a gland, that is injected through hollow spines or teeth.
Industry:Natural environment
The entire reef structure, including reef surface lagoon deposits and off-reef deposits.
Industry:Natural environment
The primitive endoderm-lined gut of an animal embryo formed during gastrulation. It is formed by the invagination of blastula cells (blastomeres) into the blastocoel. The archenteron develops into the digestive tract of the adult animal.
Industry:Natural environment
The uninterrupted distance over which the wind blows (measured in the direction of the wind) without a significant change of direction.
Industry:Natural environment
The process of joining two complementary strands of DNA, or one each of DNA and RNA, to form a double-stranded molecule; a technique in which single stranded nucleic acids are allowed to interact so that complexes or hybrids are formed by molecules with sufficiently similar, complementary sequences. By this means the degree of sequence identity can be assessed and specific sequences detected.
Industry:Natural environment
