The process of bringing together separate components as a functional whole that involves coordination of interventions. (FAO. 2008. Glossary of aquaculture. https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/a1555m)
In biology, an integument is the tissue surrounding an organism's body or an organ within, such as skin, a husk, shell, germ or rind. (Wikipedia, 2024. Integument. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integument)
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Outer protective covering of an animal such as cuticle, skin etc