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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Scattered islands of the central and southern Pacific Ocean roughly between New Zealand in the southwest, Hawaii in the north, and Easter Island in the southeast. The larger islands are volcanic, the smaller ones are generally coral formations .
Industry:Natural environment
A closed fluid-filled cavity that acts as a hydrostatic skeleton to maintain body shape, circulate nutrients, and hold the major organs in roundworms, rotifers, spiny-headed worms, and horsehair worms.
Industry:Natural environment
A gene pair having different alleles in the two chromosome sets of the diploid individual, for example, Aa .
Industry:Natural environment
A method of learning about the physical universe by applying the principles of the scientific method, which includes making empirical observations, proposing hypotheses to explain those observations, and testing those hypotheses in valid and reliable ways; also refers to the organized body of knowledge that results from scientific study.
Industry:Natural environment
A relative time scale based upon fossil content. Geological time is divided into eons, eras, periods, and epochs.
Industry:Natural environment
An organism that feeds by capturing particles suspended in the water column. A synonym of suspension feeder.
Industry:Natural environment
In animal behavior, when a hierarchy of dominance exists between different species which compete for food, water or space.
Industry:Natural environment
