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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The yellowing or bleaching of plant tissues due to the loss of chlorophyll or failure of chlorophyll synthesis. It can be caused by insuffient light or nutrients, and also by certain diseases.
Industry:Natural environment
A gene that can reverse the effect of a mutation in other genes, i.e., a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene, especially of a mutant gene.
Industry:Natural environment
A method of structuring data as collections of tables that are logically associated to each other by shared attributes. Any data element can be found in a relation by knowing the name of the table, the attribute (column) name, and the value of the primary key.
Industry:Natural environment
A relatively level area of fine silt along a shore (as in a sheltered estuary) or around an island, alternately covered and uncovered by the tide, or covered by shallow water.
Industry:Natural environment
A sudden spurt of algal growth that can indicate potentially hazardous changes in local water chemistry.
Industry:Natural environment
An abdominal pouch where certain animals carry their young, as in some crustaceans and the brood pouch of the male seahorse .
Industry:Natural environment
An organism that has been modified by the application of recombinant DNA technology.
Industry:Natural environment
Collection of organs which have related roles in an organism's functioning. The nervous system, circulatory system, and muscle system are all organ systems.
Industry:Natural environment
