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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
In fishes, an unpaired fin located on the sagittal plane of the body, i.e., the dorsal, caudal and anal fins.
Industry:Natural environment
Lower part of the coral cup, separating the polyp from the substratum. A synonym of pedal disc.
Industry:Natural environment
Protective camouflage coloration where the individual resembles its backgound.
Industry:Natural environment
The application of probability theory to quantified descriptive data.
Industry:Natural environment
The line separating land and water. It fluctuates as water rises and falls.
Industry:Natural environment
The release of nutrients from organic matter by decomposer organisms.
Industry:Natural environment
A constant ratio scale in which equal distances on the scale represent equal ratios of increase. For example, in a logarithmic scale, the distance between 10 and 100 is the same as the distance between 100 and 1000, or between 1000 and 10,000. Logarithmic scales are used when the range of numbers being represented is large.
Industry:Natural environment
A mutant form of a gene gene whose phenotypic effect eventually results in the death of the bearing organism. Death from different lethal genes may occur at any time, from fertilization of the egg to advanced age. Lethal genes may be dominant, incompletely dominant, or recessive; also called a 'lethal allele'.
Industry:Natural environment
