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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Forces acting on populations that determine that some individuals are more reproductively successful or genetically fit than others, and contribute more descendants (or genes) to subsequent generations.
Industry:Natural environment
In taxonomy, a list of names or works which have been conserved or declared valid by action of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature .
Industry:Natural environment
One of several air spaces within the skull that are in contact with ambient pressure through nasal passage openings in the posterior pharynx; a sac-like space .
Industry:Natural environment
Seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes. They occur in four families within that group, which also includes the Albatross family, Diomedeidae. The family Procellariidae is the main radiation of medium-sized 'true petrels', characterised by united nostrils with medium septum, and a long outer functional primary. It is dominant in the Southern Oceans, but not so in the Northern Hemisphere.
Industry:Natural environment
The decline in the population of a wild species, used as a resource, to a level where it is no longer profitable to harvest the species.
Industry:Natural environment
The study of sickness, injuries and other abnormalities in the health of ancient organisms.
Industry:Natural environment
A branch of biology that studies the biology of a cell at the molecular level. Molecular biological studies are directed at studying the structure and function of biological macromolecules and the relationship of their functioning to the structure of a cell and its internal components. Great attention is given to genetic aspects such as replication, transcription and translation.
Industry:Natural environment
A DNA sequence used to "mark" or track a particular location (locus) on a particular chromosome.
Industry:Natural environment
A linear transect protocol where a tape is secured at each end of the transect with the tape draped over the reef in between. Observations are collected on each species and substrate component and their length under the tape.
Industry:Natural environment
