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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A sensory branch of a neuron that carries a nervous inpulse to the cell body.
Industry:Natural environment
An animal that possesses a vertebral column (back bone), such as fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
Industry:Natural environment
A-naked freshwater or marine protozoan protist that forms temporary pseudopodia for food and water capture, and locomotion -.
Industry:Natural environment
Loss of zooxanthellae with resultant bleaching caused by a specific bacterial infection, as opposed to environmental stress. The bacteria (Vibrio sp.) Produce a toxin which cause lysis of the zooxanthellae. For additional information and illustrations, see: http://www.coral.noaa.gov/coral_disease/bacterial_bleaching.shtml.
Industry:Natural environment
Protective body coloration where the dorsal surface (above) is dark and the ventral surface (below) is lighter.
Industry:Natural environment
The application of modern genomics techniques to the study of communities of microbial organisms directly in their natural environments, bypassing the need for laboratory cultivation of individual species .
Industry:Natural environment
The interruption or suppression of the expression of a gene at the levels of transcription or translation.
Industry:Natural environment
