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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The measure of the disorder or randomness of energy and matter in a system.
Industry:Natural environment
The shoreward side of a reef, including the area and sediments between the reefcrest/algal ridge and the land. It corresponds to the reef flat and lagoon of a barrier reef and platform margin reef systems.
Industry:Natural environment
Water bodies that receive treated or untreated waste waters.
Industry:Natural environment
A biological interaction that can limit population growth. Competition occurs when two or more populations vie for the same limited resource.
Industry:Natural environment
A disease characterised by a marked increase in the eosinophil (a type of white blood cell) count in the blood.
Industry:Natural environment
A lepton with no electric charge. Neutrinos participate only in weak (and gravitational) interactions and therefore are very difficult to detect. There are three known types of neutrino, all of which have very low or possibly even zero mass.
Industry:Natural environment
A physical, chemical or biological factor that adversely affects organisms; an agent, condition or similar stimulus that causes stress to an organism.
Industry:Natural environment
A small, non-dominant male fish which attempts to fertilize eggs by darting suddenly onto the nest site; also called "sneaker".
Industry:Natural environment
A type of autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) that uses small changes in its buoyancy in conjunction with wings to convert vertical motion to horizontal, and thereby propel itself forward with very low power consumption .
Industry:Natural environment
An enzyme that cleaves double-stranded DNA; an endonuclease that recognizes specific nucleotide sequences and cleaves DNA at these highly specific locations. In genetic engineering, new genes can be inserted into these gaps .
Industry:Natural environment
