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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
Sand flat
Natural environment; Coral reefs
Sandy areas found in depressions and gullies in a coral reef, or between patch reefs, or in deeper areas below or beyond the reef. Seemingly near barren during the day, at night sand flats teem with ...
Mariculture
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The cultivation of marine organisms under controlled conditions; a synonym for marine aquaculture.
Abundance
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The number or amount of something, e.g., the number of organisms per unit of habitat space or number of individuals in a stock or a population.
Taphonomy
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The study of everything that happens to an organism’s body after it dies; includes probable cause and manner of death, movement of the body, chemical and physical alteration, burial, decomposition, ...
Squirrelfish
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A bony fish in the family Holocentridae. Squirrelfishes are small, brightly coloured spiny-finned fishes, commonly found living on coral reefs. Most squirrelfishes are reddish in colour mixed with ...
Epoch
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A division of geologic time next shorter than a period. Example: the Pleistocene epoch is in the Quaternary period.
Sustainable yield
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The number or weight of organisms in a population that can be harvested without reducing the population biomass from year to year, assuming that environmental conditions remain the same.
