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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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Allelopathy
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A particular form of amensalism found in plants. In this interaction, one species produces and releases chemical substances that inhibit the growth of another species.
Cyanotoxin
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A toxin produced by cyanobacteria that has been implicated in human and animal illness and death. Cyanotoxins can accumulate in animals such as fishes and shellfish, and cause illnesses such as ...
Hydrosere
Natural environment; Coral reefs
An ecological succession beginning in a habitat with abundant water, typically on the submerged sediments of a standing water body (e.g. Lake or lagoon), and ending on dry land.
Traumagenic device
Natural environment; Coral reefs
Any part of an organism which is concerned with the causation of physical injury to another, such as teeth, spines, darts, rasping organs, beak bites, etc.
Solstice
Natural environment; Coral reefs
Either of the two times of the year when the sun is the greatest distance from the celestial equator, occurring about June 22 and December 22.
Endopinacocyte
Natural environment; Coral reefs
In sponges, a pinacocyte lining the incurrent and excurrent canals.
