The nation's biological communities, habitats, ecosystems, and processes, and the ecological services, uses, and values they provide to this and future generations.
- Browse Related Terms: [Marine] Natural Heritage, Cultural Heritage, Cultural patrimony, Cultural Resource, Cultural resource(s), Marine Sanctuary, Marine Spatial Planning, National Park Service (NPS), National Register of Historic Places, Nationwide Rivers Inventory (NRI), Special features, Traditional cultural property (TCP)
Any biological or physical component of the marine environment that contributes to the structure, function, or services provided by a marine ecosystem.
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In solar-terrestrial terms, the optimum high frequency radio wave with a 3000 km range, which reflects only once from the ionosphere (single hop transmission)
- Browse Related Terms: aliasing, ARINC, Centimeter Burst, Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV), Extremely low frequency (ELF), High Frequency (HF), Low Frequency, M 3000, Medium Frequency, Polar Cap Absorption (PCA), PTN, Riometer, U Burst, Ultra High Frequency (UHF), Ver High Frequency (VHF), very low frequency (VLF), Visual Spectrum, White Light (WL)
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A single-stranded DNA bacteriophage used as a vector for DNA sequencing.
- Browse Related Terms: antiparallel orientation, antisense DNA, blunt end, blunt-end ligation, chromatin fibre, cos ends, DNA helicase, dscDNA, dsDNA, duplex DNA, gap, gapped DNA, heteroduplex, homoduplex DNA, ligate, ligation, M13, M13 strand, nick, non-template strand, Palindromic sequence, provirus, replication fork, S1 mapping, single-strand DNA binding protein, staggered cuts, template strand, Virus
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The single-stranded DNA molecule that is present in the infective form of bacteriophage M13.
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Abbreviation for multiple arbitrary amplicon profiling.
- Browse Related Terms: embryo transfer, ET, MAAP, MCS, MOET, multiple cloning site, polycloning site
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A volcanic crater that is produced by an explosion in an area of low relief, is generally more or less circular, and often contains a lake, pond, or marsh.
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Abbreviation for monoclonal antibody.
- Browse Related Terms: A-site, AB, BABS, basic fibroblast growth factor, BFGF, IPR, MAB, npt-II, ovum pickup, parts per million, PERV, plant variety protection, v/v
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To disintegrate tissue to disrupt cells. Commonly achieved via mechanical shearing, plasmolysis or enzymatic cell wall degradation.
- Browse Related Terms: ampicillin, Ampicillin (beta-lactamase), anticlinal, callus, Gram staining, lysozyme, macerate, microplast, middle lamella, periclinal, plasmodesma, primary cell wall, root hairs, septum, Shear, sieve plate, spheroplast, wall pressure
The name given to cirrocumulus clouds with small vertical extent and composed of ice crystals. The rippled effect gives the appearance of fish scales.
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A convective downdraft with an affected outflow area of at least 2½ miles wide and peak winds lasting between 5 and 20 minutes. Intense macrobursts may cause tornado-force damage of up to F3 intensity.
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- The climate representative of relatively large area.
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- An extensive habitat presenting considerable variation of the environment, containing a variety of ecological niches and supporting a large number and variety of complex flora and fauna.
- Browse Related Terms: Ambient, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), High hazard, In situ, Macrohabitat, Municipal Use of Water, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), Subtidal, Urbanization
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Any high molecular weight molecule. Often used as a synonym for polymers.
- Browse Related Terms: ciliate, co-enzyme, infectious agent, intersex, kinetosome, label, macromolecule, progeny, Radioisotope, saline resistance, self-sterility, sex mosaic, spore mother cell
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A major chemical element essential for normal growth and development. In tissue culture media, macronutrients are those required in concentrations above 0.5 millimole/litre.
- Browse Related Terms: angiogenesis, angiogenin, anti-oncogene, antibiosis, biocontrol, deficiency, development, essential amino acid, essential element, essential nutrient, macronutrient, morphogen, morphogenesis, nutrient deficiency, protoplasm, regulator, structural gene
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Large white blood cells that ingest foreign substances and display on their surfaces antigens which are recognized by other cells of the immune system.
- Browse Related Terms: avidin, glaucous, killer T cell, macrophage, rinderpest, scarification
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A monocyte that has left the circulation and settled and matured in a tissue. Because of their placement in the lymphoid tissues, macrophages serve as the major scavenger of the blood, clearing it of abnormal or old cells and cellular debris as well as pathogenic organisms.
- Browse Related Terms: angiogenesis, Dental pulp, Endothelial, Lymphatic system, lymphocyte, Lymphoid, macrophage, Mast cell, Platelets, Thrombocyte (Platelet), vascular
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An aquatic plant that is large enough to be observed with the naked eye. It grows in or near water.
- Browse Related Terms: Conifer, Deciduous, Emergent, Emergent wetlands, Flora, Forbs, Graminoid herbaceous, Herbaceous, Macrophyte (aquatic), Marsh, Mosses, Noxious weeds, Nurse plants, Palustrine wetlands, Pesticide, Phytoplankton, Sedge, Shrub, Weed
- A plant large enough to be seen by the naked eye.
- Browse Related Terms: algae, Algal bloom, Ammonium, Aquatic algae, Dissolved oxygen (DO), eutrophic, Eutrophication, Flora, Forb, Giant salvinia (Salvinia molesta), Macrophytes, mesotrophic, Oligotrophic, Phytophagous, plankton
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Production of plant clones from growing parts.
- Browse Related Terms: antixenosis, dioecious, glucosinolates, graft union, macropropagation, mannitol, megaspore, mother plant, nitrate, offset, ortet, Ovule, phyto-, phytochemical, phytoparasite, phytosanitary, Pollen, stem, trypsin inhibitor, Weed