Coral reefs

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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Coral reefs

Amensalism

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A type of symbiosis where two (or more) organisms from different species live in close proximity to one another, and where one of the members suffers as a result of the relationship while the other ...

Intention movement

Natural environment; Coral reefs

An incomplete behaviour pattern that provides information about the activity a particular animal is about to perform, and acts as a signal to others.

Riverine

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Associated with a river and the area adjacent to it; includes all wetlands and deepwater habitats contained within a stream channel.

Limu

Natural environment; Coral reefs

General Hawaiian name for all kinds of aquatic plants and soft corals; also terrestrial algae growing in any damp place on the ground, on rocks, and on other plants.

Garden eel

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A family of eels (Heterocongridae) that occur in colonies in the sandy bottoms adjacent to coral reefs, where they live individually in burrows from which they protrude to feed on plankton. From a ...