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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The extension of existing sciences into the realms of the extremely small, as in nanomaterials, nanochemistry, nanobiology, nanophysics, nanoengineering, etc.
Industry:Natural environment
The process of controlling the amount of water in tissues and cells.
Industry:Natural environment
A circulating tissue composed of a fluid portion (plasma) with suspended formed elements (red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets) that delivers nutrients and hormones to cells and removes wastes; In some invertebrates, the blood is called the haemolymph.
Industry:Natural environment
A reef that develops adjacent to deeper waters, often in association with oceanic islands.
Industry:Natural environment
An organic molecule, such as methane (CH4), which consists only of carbon and hydrogen atoms.
Industry:Natural environment
The vertical distance between the crest and adjacent trough of a wave.
Industry:Natural environment
All of the changes that occur to a deposited sediment during its conversion to rock; includes changes that result from chemical, physical as well as biological processes.
Industry:Natural environment
In addition to freshwater environments, crocodiles also inhabit brackish waters and coral reef habitats. The American crocodile can be found on offshore cayes and atolls, and in mainland coastal habitats. Two endangered species of crocodile, the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) and Morelet's crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii), occur in Belize. The largest American crocodile population (less than 300) in Belize is found in the Turneffe Atoll, which is one of the largest remaining nesting areas in the Caribbean. Morelet's crocodile can be found in brackish water around coastal areas. The saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), the world's largest reptile, can be found in coastal, coral reef-rich waters from eastern India and Bangladesh through Southeast Asia to Papua New Guinea and Australia. They occur as far east as the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
Industry:Natural environment
The voluntary shedding of an appendage by snapping it off the base; in corals, some, reproduce asexually by autotomy (fragmentation), for example, Fungia sp.
Industry:Natural environment
