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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The excessive enlargement or development of an organ or tissue, with increase in cell size but without increased cell division.
Industry:Natural environment
The sub-element of the total population selected for sampling.
Industry:Natural environment
The White Water to Blue Water (WW2BW) Initiative was formulated in 2002 during the World Summit on Sustainable Development. WW2BW responds to the World Summit’s “Oceans” agenda with an integrated approach to sustainable use of water resources. In an effort to address water pollution and scarcity, United States government agencies, including the State Department, NOAA, USAID, as well as the United Nations, governments of the Wider Caribbean Region, and a number of non-governmental organizations have come together to plan and implement programs which will lead to the conservation and sustainable management of both freshwater and coastal marine resources in the Caribbean. WW2BW stimulates partnerships to promote integrated watershed and marine-based ecosystems management in support of sustainable development. Four thematic areas are supported: integrated watershed management, marine ecosystem-based management, sustainable tourism, and environmentally sound marine transportation. The outcome of the WW2BW partnership in the Wider Caribbean may serve as the blueprint for future programs on watershed and marine ecosystem-based management in Africa and the South Pacific.
Industry:Natural environment
A calcareous structure of the inner ear of some animals, such as fishes, that functions in the detection of changes in gravitational forces relative to orientation. Otoliths are used to determine the age of fishes by counting the number of annual rings deposited.
Industry:Natural environment
A feeding strategy where the predator remains more or less stationary and ambushes the prey animal when it comes within range.
Industry:Natural environment
A long, hollow rod composed of the protein, tubulin. Microtubules make up portions of the cytoskeleton of cells. Microtubules aid in cell support, intracellular transport, and cell proliferation. They are also found in cilia and flagella.
Industry:Natural environment
A population or group of populations that is considered distinct (and hence a "species") for purposes of conservation under the Endangered Species Act. To qualify as an ESU, a population must 1) be reproductively isolated from other conspecific populations, and 2) represent an important component in the evolutionary legacy of the biological species.
Industry:Natural environment
A unit of length which constitutes the basis of the Metric System. It is one ten-millionth part of the distance measured on a meridian of the Earth from the equator to the pole. One meter equals 39.37 inches .
Industry:Natural environment
An individual of a solitary cnidarian or one member of a cnidarian colony.
Industry:Natural environment
