Although those of many marine species function first as males and then as females, their colonies always contain a combination of zooids that are in their male and female stages.

Although cadmium has no known biological function in higher organisms, a cadmium-dependent carbonic anhydrase has been found in marine diatoms.

Although resident killer whales have never been observed to eat other marine mammals, they occasionally harass and kill porpoises and seals for no apparent reason.

Although diatoms have both a marine and non-marine stratigraphic record, diatom biostratigraphy, which is based on time-constrained evolutionary originations and extinctions of unique taxa, is only well developed and widely applicable in marine systems.

Although no mass extinctions of marine diatoms have been observed during the Cenozoic, times of relatively rapid evolutionary turnover in marine diatom assemblages occurred near the Paleocene – Eocene boundary and at the Eocene – Oligocene boundary.

Although there are freshwater species, the great majority are marine ( salt water ) species, ranging from tidal zones to depths exceeding.

Although the term is primarily applied to marine species, edible freshwater invertebrates such as crayfish and river mussels are also sometimes grouped under the umbrella of " shellfish ".

Although they are marine creatures, dugongs have been known to travel up to up creeks, and in one case a dugong was caught up a creek near Cooktown.

Although the resulting red waves are an unusual sight, they contain toxins that not only affect all marine life in the ocean, but the people who consume them, as well.

Although the volcanic base of Bermuda is igneous, it is covered by a limestone cap, formed by calcium-secreting marine organisms.

Although most of these visits are managed in partnership with the marine tourism industry, there is a concern amongst the general public that tourism is harmful to the Great Barrier Reef.

Although there are a number of books about land and freshwater mollusks, the majority of popular books emphasize, or focus exclusively on, the shells of marine mollusks.

This was followed in the 1950s by the development of area checklists, led by Mary W. Parke with her 1931 Manx Algae and followed in 1953 by her " A preliminary check-list of British marine algae " Although Lily Newton's 1931 Handbook provided the first identification key for the algae of the British Isles, it wasn't until the 1960s that the development of such keys became routine.

Although there are a number of sea ducks in the family Anatidae which are truly marine in the winter, by convention they are usually excluded from the seabird grouping.

Although a minor element of modern marine fauna, Agnatha were prominent among the early fish in the early Paleozoic.

Although some marine shoreline owners take issue with the visual impacts, a more important concern is their impact on the marine environment.

Although earlier published radiocarbon evidence suggested a two-sigma age range of AD 408 – 536, which is consistent with the global climate downturn, the connection between AD 536 and Ilopango was not explicitly made until research on Central American Pacific margin marine sediment cores by Steffen Kutterolf and colleagues showed that the phreatoplinian TBJ eruption was much larger than previously thought.

Although for many uses it is sufficient to designate the boundaries of the marine park and to inform commercial fishing boats and other maritime enterprises, some parks have gone to additional effort to make their wonders accessible to visitors.

Although they are common animals and among the most important predators in many shallow, tropical and sub-tropical marine habitats they are poorly understood as many species spend most of their life tucked away in burrows and holes.

Although this power is most often and most easily used on marine life, Aquaman has at times demonstrated the ability to affect any being that lives upon the sea ( e. g., sea eagles ), or even any being evolved from marine life ( e. g., humans ).

Although no armored divisions were sent because the initial response from battlefield commanders was " Korea isn't good tank country ", six army infantry divisions and one marine division were deployed.

Although wood hulls are still in production, the most common construction material is fibreglass, followed by aluminium, steel, carbon fibre, and ferrocement ( rarer because of insurance difficulties ).

Although the movement enjoyed the support of many in Nassau and from the head of Sun Life, a Canadian insurance company, the movement failed.

Although Detroit Pistons owner William Davidson was thought to be the frontrunner, the buyer turned out to be insurance tycoon and motivational speaker Art Williams.

Although Asquith himself was a right-wing Liberal, he continued to work with Lloyd George in setting up unemployment insurance, helping to set the stage for the welfare state in Britain.

Although there is no real evidence to support these speculations, and many people believe the story was greatly exaggerated as a publicity stunt for Errol Morris ' movie, these insurance claims from Vernon, with a population of 500 – 800, accounted for as many as 2 / 3 of claims nationally.

Although his march failed, Coxey's Army was an early attempt to arouse political interest in an issue that grew in importance until the Social Security Act of 1935 encouraged the establishment of state unemployment insurance programs.

Although the jump over the fence in The Great Escape was actually done by Bud Ekins for insurance purposes, McQueen did have a considerable amount of screen time riding his 650cc Triumph TR6 Trophy motorcycle.

Hawke described it as “ pretty much a dead letter .” Although the article noted other commentators expected this would change in 2005, a May 24, 2005, American Banker article proclaimed 2005 the “ year of divestiture ” as “ many observers ” described Citigroup ’ s sale of the Travelers life and annuity insurance business as “ a nail in the coffin of financial services convergence .”

Although she loved math while growing up, she did not originally intend to go into computer science and taught herself to program while working at a small insurance company.

Although quite young, thanks to his knowledge of mathematics he had an important job in an insurance company.

Although most redesigned vehicles outperform their predecessors to cut down insurance costs and possible injuries to the driver, this generation Windstar did not perform as well as its first generation predecessor.

Although this economic power from the superficial standpoint appears indirect, it is in reality the most potent and the most direct social insurance the workers can establish.

Although this article refers only to practice and policy in the United States, key person insurance is used in other countries as well.

Although the 4 out of 7 test was exploited in the 1980s by businesses seeking to in effect pay for insurance on employees / shareholders, e. g., on a deductible basis, the introduction of the US $ 50, 000 cap / insured in 1986 in turn led to the creation of broad-based leveraged COLI transactions, i. e., those in which the employer would purchase life insurance on hundreds or thousands of ( usually low-level ) employees, that would produce tax savings on interest deductions in excess of the actual cost to the employer of engaging in the transaction.

Although recognised as very bright by his teachers back in London, he was uninterested in school, and by the age of fourteen was working as an office boy for an insurance company.

Although the secondary market for life insurance is relatively new, the market was more than 100 years in the making.

Although they paid income tax and social insurance, they were denied the right to either permanent residence or citizenship, only having renewable work permits.

Although Hockey Canada has attempted to make moves into recreational hockey and does offer insurance policies to participants, they have failed to make a dent in a nationwide practice.

Although the FAA could not force NCNB to halt construction of the tower, its " declaration of hazard to air navigation " could have potentially cost the city millions in federal airport grants as well as impeding the ability of NCNB to secure insurance for the tower upon its completion.

Although GEICO has since focused on its core auto insurance competency ( selling GELICO to Legal & General ), it uses its established direct sales infrastructure to market homeowner's and other types of insurance underwritten by other companies.

Although the federal government formerly imposed various documentary stamp taxes on deeds, notes, insurance premiums and other transactional documents, in modern times such taxes are only imposed by states.

Although he was a former firefighter, he is most famous for surviving a number of attempts on his life by five acquaintances, who were attempting to commit life insurance fraud.

Although the Royal Navy required its Sea Vixen aircraft to be type-approved for Red Beard carriage as " insurance " against delays in Buccaneer development, the Sea Vixen never deployed in the nuclear strike role.