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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
An overlap in resource requirements by at least two species.
Industry:Natural environment
Crustose coralline algae are red algae of the division Rhodophyta. They are very important members of a reef community in which they cement and bind the reef together. They are particularly common in high wave energy areas but can also be found throughout all reef zones. Crustose corallines resemble pink or purple pavement. Morphology can range from smooth and flat, to rough and knobby, or even leafy.
Industry:Natural environment
Linking of multiple copies of a macromolecule to each other.
Industry:Natural environment
Population, or "distinct population segment," are terms with specific meaning when used for listing, delisting, and reclassification purposes to describe a discrete vertebrate stock that may be added or deleted from the list of endangered and threatened.
Industry:Natural environment
The alimentary canal or the gut of an embryo. Some structures of the enteron may not be completely developed or differentiated in early embryonic growth.
Industry:Natural environment
The region below the surface layer of the ocean or lake, where the temperature gradient increases abruptly (i.e. Where temperature decreases rapidly with increasing depth). A thermocline may reach the surface and become a front. It is usually an ecological barrier and its oscillations have significant consequences on population distribution and ocean productivity.
Industry:Natural environment
A compound or atom that is either attached to, or incorporated into, a macromolecule and is used to detect the presence of a compound, substance, or macromolecule in a sample; also called a 'tag'.
Industry:Natural environment
