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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Rising above the water surface.
Industry:Natural environment
The condition where organisms occur in aggregations.
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The number of branching points between any two nodes on a phylogenetic tree.
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The standard deviation divided by the mean and multiplied by 100.
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Yellowish or yellow-brown color.
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A derived character differing from the ancestral condition.
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A large, herbivorous aquatic mammal of the order Sirenia that contains two Recent families: Dugongidae for the genera Dugong (dugong, one species) and Hydrodamalis (Steller's sea cow, one species hunted to extinction); and Trichechidae for the single genus Trichechus (manatees, three species). The dugong inhabits coastal regions in the tropical parts of the Old World, and some individuals go into estuaries and rivers. Steller's sea cow inhabited the Bering Sea, and was the only Recent member of this order adapted to cold waters. Manatees live along the coast and in coastal rivers in the southeastern United States, Central America, the West Indies, northern South America, and western Africa.
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A patch or a spot of pigment with irregular edges.
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A small open boat.
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A trait shared by a group of organisms as a result of descent from a common ancestor.
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