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

Cyanide fishing

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A destructive fishing technique in which sodium cyanide or some other cyanide compound is used to stun and capture coral reef fishes for the aquarium and live food trade.

Ancestral trait

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A trait shared by a group of organisms as a result of descent from a common ancestor.

Asperity

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A peak or projection from a surface; pertains to roughness of a surface.

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Natural environment; Coral reefs

A small picture displayed on a computer monitor that identifies a command or file.

Cladogram

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A tree-like diagram, resulting from a cladistic analysis, which depicts a hypothetical branching sequence of lineages leading to the taxa under consideration. The points of branching within a ...