28 Terms
Home > Industry/Domain > Natural environment > 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.
Industry: Natural environment
Add a new termContributors in Coral reefs
Coral reefs
Mantle cavity
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The space between the mantle and the rest of the body parts of a mollusk, which contains several important respiratory and reproductive organs.
Fissure
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A deep and narrow depression cutting across the reef front with origins relating to jointing planes in the reef limestone or non-limestone bedrock.
Damselfish
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A large family (Pomacentridae) of bony fishes which are abundant and common inhabitants of coral reefs. They possess robust, deep, and laterally compressed bodies. The majority of damselfishes do not ...
Complementary resources
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A pair of resources for which consumption by the consumer of one resource reduces its requirement for the other.
Antennule
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A small antenna, especially the first pair of antennae in crustaceans.
Odontophore
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A tooth-bearing structure found in most mollusks, except bivalves. It consists of several muscles and a cartilage which support the radula and radula sac; the term is also applied to the radula ...
Free radical
Natural environment; Coral reefs
An atom or group of atoms possessing an unpaired electron; free radicals are highly reactive and bind with other molecules, thus disrupting normal cellular processes and causing cellular damage ...