Coral reefs

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

Grunt

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Any species of bony spiny-rayed fishes in the family Haemulidae. Grunts are medium-sized tropical fishes that are capable of making a grunting sounds by the grinding of pharyngeal teeth.They inhabit ...

Homeobox

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Family of genes that regulates activities of other genes (turns genes 'on' and 'off' ).

Significance level (level of significance)

Natural environment; Coral reefs

In statistics, the probability of a false rejection of the null hypothesis in a statistical test.

Contour

Natural environment; Coral reefs

On a map or chart, a line connecting points of equal surface value.

Ribosome

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Ribosomes are small cellular organelles composed of ribonucleic acid (RNA) and proteins. They are found free in the cytoplasm or attached to the endoplasmic reticulum. Ribosomes are involved in the ...

Cladistic species

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The concept of species in which a species is a lineage of populations between two phylogenetic branch points (speciation events).

Mesohyle

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The non-cellular gel layer (also called 'mesenchyme') of sponges. It is located between the epidermis (pinacoderm) and the choanoderm, the cell layer that lines the spongocoel. The mesohyle contains ...