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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The pair of chromosomes in a diploid individual that have the same overall genetic content. One member of each homologous pair of chromosomes is inherited from each parent.
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A sudden appearance or increase in something, such as an outbreak of a particular disease in a coral community .
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The world's largest known deep-water Lophelia coral complex. It lies in depths between 300-400m west of R+st Island in the Lofoten archipelago, Norway. It covers an area approximately 40 km long and 3 km wide.
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A carbon (organic) compound that vaporizes readily at room temperature .
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A female gametocyte that develops into an ovum after two meiotic divisions; the female reproductive cell, also called an egg or ovum .
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A long, ribbon-like larval form that is characteristic of eels, tarpons, and bonefishes.
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A pore in a cell membrane, formed by an integral protein, that selectively regulates the diffusion of ions into and out of the cell. An ion channel switches between open and closed when the protein undergoes a conformational change. Ion channels are usually selective for a specific ion type (e.g., Na, or K, or Cl, or Ca).
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A species that occurs naturally in a given area. Therefore, one that has not been introduced by humans either accidentally or intentionally; also called an indigenous species.
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A unit of pressure, abbreviated as atm; "one atmosphere" is the pressure of the atmosphere at sea level, i.e., 760 mm Hg. Two atmospheres is twice this pressure, 1520 mm Hg, etc.; the air surrounding the earth, from sea level to outer space.
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