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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The shallow, near-horizontal sea floor extending from the coast to the upper continental slope.
Industry:Natural environment
Virtual libraries provide online access to specialized collections of information resources. Normally they include bibliographic citations with links to full text documents and other online resources such as video or photos. Virtual Libraries can also serve as gateways to information and resources on science, management, and policy for researchers, scientists, resource managers, policymakers, stakeholders, and the general public. Restoration, Marine Protected Areas, and Coral Reefs are examples of three NOAA virtual libraries in such areas.
Industry:Natural environment
A behavioral response that is appropriate for one situation appears in another situation, for which it is inappropriate.
Industry:Natural environment
A disc at the aboral end of the body trunk used for attachment. A synonym of basal plate.
Industry:Natural environment
A learning process where an animal learns by copying the behavior of other animals.
Industry:Natural environment
A person who hunts or fishes illegally; a family (Agonidae) of small bottom-dwelling cold-water marine fishes.
Industry:Natural environment
A small, but independent alternate air supply for scuba divers, to be used in case of main air failure. It is a small scuba tank with an attached regulator .
Industry:Natural environment
A type of appendage that is characteristic of insects and other members of the arthropod subphylum Uniramia. It consists of an unbranched series of segments.
Industry:Natural environment
An environment resource which is not replaced or replenished by natural processes at a rate comparable to the use of the resource; a resource depleted or exhausted by use.
Industry:Natural environment
Any species of bony fishes in the family Lutjanidae. Snappers are found in the tropical and subtropical regions of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. A few are estuarine to entirely freshwater. Many species are popular food and game fishes. Some ha.
Industry:Natural environment
