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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
Flooding that occurs from storms where water is driven onto land from an adjacent body of water.
Industry:Natural environment
In taxonomy, a general term for any name below the rank of species. The term includes subspecific and infrasubspecific names.
Industry:Natural environment
One of many thin, hairlike filaments secreted by certain mollusks for attachment to a substrate.
Industry:Natural environment
Scythe-shaped.
Industry:Natural environment
The cylindrical body of an anthozoan polyp.
Industry:Natural environment
The only species of tree (Pritchardia remota) on the island of Nihoa in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
Industry:Natural environment
The study of past climates throughout geological history, and the causes of the variations among them.
Industry:Natural environment
A branch of biology that deals with the form and structure of organisms, apart from their functions (physiology).
Industry:Natural environment
A DNA sequence that forms the blueprint for the synthesis of a polypeptide, such as an enzyme.
Industry:Natural environment
A linear or circular transect with the observation area being a specified distance on either side of the transect line.
Industry:Natural environment