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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Attributing a human characteristic to an inanimate object or a non-human species.
Industry:Natural environment
Green algae belong to the Division Chlorophycota. These algae contain photosynthetic pigments similar to those in higher plants (chlorophylls a and b, as well as secondary pigments: carotenes, lutein, and zeaxanthin) and have a green color. Green algae include unicellular forms, filamentous forms, and leaf-like thalluses.
Industry:Natural environment
In taxonomy, a photograph of the type or a photograph serving as the type.
Industry:Natural environment
One of the five paired abdominal appendages used for swimming by shrimps; used for attachment of eggs by female shrimps, lobsters and crabs; also called a swimmeret.
Industry:Natural environment
The depth zone in which sediments are disturbed by wave action near the shoreline.
Industry:Natural environment
The outer solid part of the earth, including the crust and uppermost mantle. The lithosphere is about 80-100 km thick, although its thickness is age dependent The lithosphere below the crust is brittle enough at some locations to produce earthquakes by faulting, such as within a subducted oceanic plate .
Industry:Natural environment
The unification of natural selection and Mendelian genetics; also called the Modern Synthesis.
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