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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A heterotrophic organism that breaks down dead biological matter and uses some of the products and releases others for use by consumer organisms.
Industry:Natural environment
A neurotoxic compound which is produced by certain marine dinoglagellates and associated with the digestive tract of herbivorous fishes. It is responsible for a form of seafood poisoning in humans eating tropical coral reef fishes.
Industry:Natural environment
A sheet of tissue that envelops, separates, or supports particular organs or body regions; a vertical sheet of tissue that divides the gastrovascular cavity of sea anemones.
Industry:Natural environment
A term that refers to coral branches which grow back together after the initial division.
Industry:Natural environment
An area of low pressure. Circulation is counterclockwise around a low pressure system in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
Industry:Natural environment
Any fish species in the family Ostraciidae (order Tetraodontiformes). Trunkfishes are encased in an triangular inflexible bony carapace which protects them from predators.Only the jaw, eyes, the bases of the fins, and the caudal fin protrude from this carapace They are slow swimmers that move primarily by sculling with their dorsal and anal fins and use their caudal fin for sudden bursts of speed. They are also known as boxfishes or cowfishes.
Industry:Natural environment
Descriptive of organisms with cells possessing no distinct nucleus. Prokaryotes include bacteria and cyanobacteria.
Industry:Natural environment
Morphologically, toward the head or front end of an individual, or proximal portion of a bodily part.
Industry:Natural environment
Refers to a taxonomist who focuses more on small differences among taxa, emphasizing minor variation among individuals, and who tends to recognize more taxa.
Industry:Natural environment
The boundary where there is a marked change in salinity between surface fresh water and underlying saltwater in a stratified coastal environment.
Industry:Natural environment
