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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
An area in which there are several closely spaced faults.
Industry:Natural environment
Any entire collection of animals, plants, people, or things from which we may draw a sample and collect data. It is the entire group we are interested in, which we wish to describe or draw conclusions about. In order to make any generalizations about a population, a sample, that is meant to be representative of the population, is often studied. For each population there are many possible samples. A sample statistic gives information about a corresponding population parameter. For example, the sample mean for a set of data would give information about the overall population mean.
Industry:Natural environment
Describes the body of a jellyfish or medusa.
Industry:Natural environment
In genetics, the mating of two individuals or populations.
Industry:Natural environment
Mixed fresh and salt water.
Industry:Natural environment
Refers to a flowing or running body of fresh water, i.e., streams and rivers.
Industry:Natural environment
The body form of highest complexity in sponges. The leucanoid form is highly irregular, displays the greatest degree of folding of the body wall, and has lost radial symmetry. The choanocytes line the pockets formed by the convoluted body wall .
Industry:Natural environment
The science dealing with the relationships between climate and periodic biological phenomena that are related to or caused by climatic conditions, such as the seasonal budding of trees and migration of birds.
Industry:Natural environment
Unit of brightness of light.
Industry:Natural environment
A coral island in the lagoon of an atoll.
Industry:Natural environment