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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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Coral reefs
Pony bottle
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A small, but independent alternate air supply for scuba divers, to be used in case of main air failure. It is a small scuba tank with an attached regulator .
Uniramous appendage
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A type of appendage that is characteristic of insects and other members of the arthropod subphylum Uniramia. It consists of an unbranched series of segments.
Nonrenewable resource
Natural environment; Coral reefs
An environment resource which is not replaced or replenished by natural processes at a rate comparable to the use of the resource; a resource depleted or exhausted by use.
Snapper
Natural environment; Coral reefs
Any species of bony fishes in the family Lutjanidae. Snappers are found in the tropical and subtropical regions of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. A few are estuarine to entirely ...
Volatile
Natural environment; Coral reefs
Evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures; volatility is the property of changing readily from a solid or liquid phase to a vapour phase .
Inhalant system
Natural environment; Coral reefs
In sponges, part of the aquiferous system between the ostia and prosopyle.
