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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Pandemic

Natural environment; Coral reefs

An epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world .

Butterflyfish

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Any species of colorful, oval-shaped, deep-bodied and strongly compressed spiny-rayed fishes in the family Chaetodontidae. They have small mouths with flexible, brush or comb-like teeth. They ...

In statistics: time-independent variance; the standard error of estimate is the same for all fitted values of the dependent variable; a property of a set of random variables where each variable has ...

Basicaudal

Natural environment; Coral reefs

On the base of the caudal fin of fishes.

Bleaching stressors

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Environment-induced stress that results in bleaching, e.g., disease, excessive or insufficient light, increased levels of ultraviolet radiation, sedimentation, pollution, salinity changes, and ...

Excurrent canal

Natural environment; Coral reefs

In sponges, an excurrent canal discharges water received from the apopyle, into the spongocoel (atrium). The water then passes through the osculum or oscula to the outside .