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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The removal of individuals or biomass from a population at a rate greater than the population is able to compensate for with its own recruitment .
Industry:Natural environment
Twisting of the body during development so that the posterior of the body takes an anterior position over the head.
Industry:Natural environment
A continuous set of data for which each data point is related to the adjacent point; a gradual or imperceptible intergradation between two or more extreme values.
Industry:Natural environment
A group of species considered together, often because they are difficult to differentiate without detailed examination, e.g., very similar species; a group of closely related species; a superspecies .
Industry:Natural environment
A mutation in which a single nucleotide in a DNA sequence is substituted by another nucleotide.
Industry:Natural environment
A sensory organ possessed by many invertebrates for the perception of gravity, thus body orientation and balance. Statocysts are found in many invertebrates. Each one has a cavity lined with sensory cells and contains a statolith.
Industry:Natural environment
Defines habitat affinity based on the relative concentration of a species in a particular habitat, compared with the availability of that habitat in a given study area.
Industry:Natural environment
