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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

Ablation

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The experimental removal or killing of some part of an organism.

Cloning

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The process of asexual reproduction in an otherwise multicellular organism.

Genetic diversity

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The variety of different types of genes or alleles in a species or population.

G1

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Phase in the cell cycle between the completion of cell division and the initiation of DNA synthesis.

Eddy

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A circular movement of water formed on the side of a main current.

Pluteus larva

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A free-swimming, bilaterally symmetrical, ciliated larva of some echinoderms, such as sea urchins and brittlestars.

Phycoerythrin

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A red, water soluble pigment found in red algae and cyanobacteria.

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