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Coral reefs
Coral reefs are structures formed from the calcium carbonate secretions of corals. They are colonies of tiny animals in marine areas containing few nutrients.
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Paleoecology
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The study of the relationship of extinct organisms or groups of organisms to their environments.
Dalton's Law
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The total pressure exerted by a mixture of gases is the sum of the pressures that would be exerted by each of the gases if it alone were present and occupied the total volume.
Bank
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A broad elevation of the sea floor around which the water is relatively shallow but not a hazard to surface navigation.
Conopeptide
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A family of molecules found in the venom of species of marine cone shell snails (Conus sp) that can act as an analgesic and alleviate pain.One particular group, the omega-conopeptides, blocks ...
Neuropodium
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A lobe of the parapodium closer to the ventral side in polychaete worms.
Nominal taxon
Natural environment; Coral reefs
In taxonomy, a named taxon, objectively defined by its type taxon. Thus the nominal family Chaetodontidae is always the one to which its nominal type genus, Chaetodon, belongs.
Medusa bud
Natural environment; Coral reefs
One of the buds of a hydroid, destined to develop into a gonophore or medusa. Medusa buds are released from the gonangium through a central opening, the gonopore.
