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

Radiation

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Energy that comes from a source and travels through some material or through space. Light, heat and sound are types of radiation.

Archaeocyte

Natural environment; Coral reefs

In sponges, an amoeboid cell capable of phagocytosis. Archaeocytes are totipotent, having the capability of differentiating into other types of sponge cells.

Asexual reproduction

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Reproduction that does not involve the union of sex cells (gametes) to produce a zygote. Examples in corals are budding and fragmentation.

Fish census

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The collection of data over time concerning the species of fishes in an area, their relative abundances, and population densities.

Canopy

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The more or less continuous cover of branches and foliage formed collectively by the tops, or crowns, of adjacent trees.

Fractal

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The smallest part of a mathematical set of numbers which when repeated or scaled will maintain the primary permutation; an object which is self-similar at all scales. Regardless of scale the same ...

White connective tissue fibre that occurs in bundles. They possess a high tensile strength and make up the principal element of irregular connective tissue, tendons, and aponeuroses, and occur in the ...