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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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Coral reefs
Numerical ecology
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A field of quantitative ecology concerned with the numerical analysis of complex ecological data sets. Numerical ecology makes use of mathematical tools from many disciplines in order to analyse ...
Floodplain
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A lowland along a riverbank, lake, and coastline which is subjected to periodic inundation.
Microenvironment
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A specific set of physical, biological, and chemical factors immediately surrounding the organism.
Oolitic sand
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A very fine sand made up of tiny egg-shaped oolites. Oolites form in Baffin Bay (Texas), the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the Persian Gulf, the waters surrounding the Bahamas, and in Great Salt lake. ...
Taxis
Natural environment; Coral reefs
An innate behavioural response to a directional stimulus (a stimulus from a particular direction) whereby the organism either moves toward (positive taxis) or away (negative taxis) from the stimulus.
