Biomaterial Database

Alice Rogers

School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand. alice.rogers@vuw.ac.nz.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D002980	Climate	The longterm manifestations of WEATHER. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)	Climates
D005398	Fisheries	Places for cultivation and harvesting of fish, particularly in sea waters. (from McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)	Fish Farms,Fish Hatcheries,Farm, Fish,Farms, Fish,Fish Farm,Fish Hatchery,Fishery,Hatcheries, Fish,Hatchery, Fish
D005399	Fishes	A group of cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates having gills, fins, a cartilaginous or bony endoskeleton, and elongated bodies covered with scales.
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D017747	Seafood	Marine fish and shellfish used as food or suitable for food. (Webster, 3d ed) SHELLFISH and FISH PRODUCTS are more specific types of SEAFOOD.	Sea-Food,Sea Food,Sea-Foods,Seafoods
D057894	Coral Reefs	Marine ridges composed of living CORALS, coral skeletons, calcareous algae, and other organisms, mixed with minerals and organic matter. They are found most commonly in tropical waters and support other animal and plant life.	Coral Reef,Reef, Coral,Reefs, Coral