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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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Heteroscedasticity
Natural environment; Coral reefs
In statistics: time-dependent variance; the property of a series of random variables of not every variable having the same finite variance; a sequence of random variables is heteroscedastic if the ...
Fide
Natural environment; Coral reefs
On the authority of, according to, with reference to a publication or to a cited published statement.
Dispersal
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The spread of a species to a new location. In many organisms, this happens at a particular stage in the life cycle, and is often critical for the species' survival. Organisms may disperse as spores, ...
Gamodeme
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A deme forming a more or less isolated local intrabreeding community.
Platform reef
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A large reef of variable shape lacking a lagoon, seaward of a fringing reef and/or a barrier reef, for which the width is more than half its length.
Cation
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A particle that carries a positive electrical charge. The cation gets this positive charge from losing negatively charged electrons.
Conotoxin
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A toxin produced by cone-shell snails of the genus Conus.
