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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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