Oceanic reef

Oceanic reef

A reef that develops adjacent to deeper waters, often in association with oceanic islands.

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Industry/Domain: Natural environment
Category: Coral reefs
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oceanic reef

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A reef that develops adjacent to deeper waters, often in association with oceanic islands.

reef

Biology; Botany

A ridge of rock,sand, or corals in shallow seas: The Great Barriers Reef in Australia is the world's largest coral reef.

reef

Earth science; Oceanography

An underwater ridge of rock that rises up to or near the surface. Reefs are important ecosystems that provide home for sea life.

reef

Earth science; Physical oceanography

The official IHO definition for this undersea feature name is “a mass of rock or other indurated material lying at or near the sea surface that may constitute a hazard to surface ...

reef

Fishing; Marine fishery

A large ridge or mound-like structure within a body of water that is build by calcareous organisms such as coral, red algae, and bivalves.

reef

Geography; Geography

A reef is an undersea growth of coral near the surface of the water.

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 ...