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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
The tree-like representation of the evolutionary history of all living and extinct organisms.
Industry:Natural environment
The only presently active ridge-trench collision where the overriding plate is composed of continental lithosphere. Three tectonic plates meet here at the southern coast of Chile (46.5°S, 75.5°W): the South American Plate, the Nazca Plate, and the Antarctic Plate. The Chile Margin Triple Junction is the only known location on Earth that can co-host every known form of deep-sea chemosynthetic ecosystem: hydrothermal vents, cold seeps, and oxygen minimum zones; also called "Chile Triple Junction (CTJ)".
Industry:Natural environment
A chemical produced by one organism that triggers an immediate behavior in another organism.
Industry:Natural environment
A form of associative learning, in which an animal recognizes that two or more events are related. The animal performs a behavior in response to a substitute stimulus rather than the normal stimulus.
Industry:Natural environment
A protoplasmic filament or irregular process that can project from any unicellular organism. Formation of pseudopodia (or pseudopods) assist in feeding and locomotion.
Industry:Natural environment
A straight line of pigment that can vary in width, and which can be oriented vertically, horizontally, or obliquely on the head, body, or fins of an organism.
Industry:Natural environment
Abnormal neurological sensations which include: numbness, tingling, burning, prickling and hyperesthesia (increased sensitivity); one possible symptom of ciguatera poisoning.
Industry:Natural environment
An internal biological mechanism which controls certain biological rhythms and biocycles, such as metabolism, sleep cycles, and photosynthesis.
Industry:Natural environment
Capable of being protruded, extended or thrust out, e.g., the tongue or the jaws in some fishes.
Industry:Natural environment
