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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A species dependent on another for survival, e.g., a predator on a prey, a commensal or other kind of symbiont.
Industry:Natural environment
A type of white blood cell (leukocyte) that engulfs and digests bacteria. Eosinophils, along with other types of white blood cells, are important in an organism's internal defense system.
Industry:Natural environment
Atmospheric gases, primarily carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide restricting some heat-energy from escaping directly back into space.
Industry:Natural environment
Genetically-induced divergence in the structure and function of cells as they become specialized during a multicellular organism's development.
Industry:Natural environment
In taxonomy, a new taxonomic name expressly proposed for an already established one.
Industry:Natural environment
One of the division points that divides a set of ranked data into one hundred equal points; a value on a scale of zero to one hundred that indicates the percent of a distribution that is equal to or below it. A score in the 95th percentile is a score equal to or better than 95 percent of all other scores.
Industry:Natural environment
Severe environmental effects on the natural ecosystem.
Industry:Natural environment
The depth in the ocean at which the difference between the oxygen produced by algae through photosynthesis and that consumed by them through respiration is zero, i.e., net oxygen production is zero.
Industry:Natural environment
