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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A temporal pattern of disease occurrence in an animal population in which the disease occurs with a frequency clearly in excess of the expected frequency in that population during a given time interval; an outbreak (epidemic) of disease in an animal population.
Industry:Natural environment
An area in which a majority of the people are not directly dependent on natural resource-based occupations.
Industry:Natural environment
In genetics, one member of a chromosome pair. Homologous chromosomes have corresponding DNA sequences and come from separate parents, i.e., one homolog comes from the maternal parent and the other comes from the paternal parent; in evolution, a characteristic that is similar in different species because it evolved from a common ancestor.
Industry:Natural environment
Minute particulate material moving in water that is composed of both living organisms, such as plankton, and non-living matter such as plant debris and suspended soil particles.
Industry:Natural environment
Refers to a climatic process that re-occurs every decade or once every few decades.
Industry:Natural environment
The biological process that follows digestion, by which the products of digestion are transferred into the organism's internal environment, enabling them to reach the cells.
Industry:Natural environment
The level or depth below the ground that is saturated with water.
Industry:Natural environment
