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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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Morbidity
Natural environment; Coral reefs
Illness or disease; the incidence and prevalence of a specific disease.
Pulse-chase isotope labelling experiment
Natural environment; Coral reefs
In this protocol, a cell sample is exposed to a radio-labeled compound for only a brief period of time (the 'pulse'), then it is washed with a buffer solution to remove the isotope, and finally ...
Population explosion
Natural environment; Coral reefs
Sudden increase in the number of individuals found in a population because of an abundance of useable environmental resources.
Cystid
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The exoskeleton and body wall of the stationary trunk of bryozoans.
Subduction
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The process in which one lithospheric plate collides with, and is forced down under another plate.
Velarium
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A structure that resembles a hydrozoan velum In scyphozoan medusae, but has a different embryonic origin .
Cell line
Natural environment; Coral reefs
Cells that have been extracted from human or animal tissue and now grow and replicate continuously outside the living organism.
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