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

Reef block

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A large, isolated rock section that has been displaced from the reef platform, reef margin, reef front zones or the non-calcium carbonate bedrock, usually resulting from storm waves.

Fluctuating asymmetry (FA)

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A pattern of small, random deviations between sides in the size of a given trait -the random component of bilateral asymmetry, i.e., subtle random deviations from perfect bilateral symmetry. It ...

Expressed sequence tag (EST)

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A small part of the active part of a gene, made from cdna which can be used to fish the rest of the gene out of the chromosome by matching base pairs with part of the gene. The EST can be ...

A larval form associated with oviparous development, with a cytologically undifferentiated central region, and an even distribution of small flagella. Coeloblastulae are found in sponges, brachiopods ...