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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The lowest point on a submarine ridge or saddle at a relatively shallow depth, separating a basin from an adjacent sea or another basin.
Industry:Natural environment
The section of the water vascular system in echinoderms that connects the ring canal to the madreporite.
Industry:Natural environment
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Industry:Natural environment
A jelly-like substance formed by the coagulation of a colloidal liquid; a cytoplasmic phase.
Industry:Natural environment
A normal cellular process involving a genetically programmed series of events leading to the death of a cell.
Industry:Natural environment
A situation in which species occupy the same habitat without competition, either through requiring different resources or being present at different times.
Industry:Natural environment
A thin microporous material of specific pore size used to filter bacteria, algae, and other very small particles from water.
Industry:Natural environment
An asexual, spore-like reproductive unit in sponges, capable of overwintering and developing into an adult sponge the following summer.
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