Hotspot

Hotspot

An environmentally endangered region that is both rich in species and found nowhere else.

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Industry/Domain: Natural environment
Category: Coral reefs
Organization: NOAA
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hotspot

Internet; Internet communication

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hotspot

Natural environment; Coral reefs

An environmentally endangered region that is both rich in species and found nowhere else.

hotspot

Photography; Professional photography

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Health care; Cancer treatment

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nodulose

Natural environment; Coral reefs

With small nodules, knobs or swellings.

fissure

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A deep and narrow depression cutting across the reef front with origins relating to jointing planes in the reef limestone or non-limestone bedrock.

damselfish

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A large family (Pomacentridae) of bony fishes which are abundant and common inhabitants of coral reefs. They possess robust, deep, and laterally compressed bodies. The majority of ...

complementary resources

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A pair of resources for which consumption by the consumer of one resource reduces its requirement for the other.

antennule

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A small antenna, especially the first pair of antennae in crustaceans.

odontophore

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A tooth-bearing structure found in most mollusks, except bivalves. It consists of several muscles and a cartilage which support the radula and radula sac; the term is also applied ...