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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
Protoplasm
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The complex colloidal substance which constitutes the living matter of cells and performs the life process functions. The protoplasm found between the cell (plasma) membrane and the nuclear membrane ...
Gene locus
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The specific place on a chromosome where a gene is located.
Bubblegum coral
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A deep water gorgonian, Paragorgia arborea, found in the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans at depths that may exceed 1400m. It can grow to 5m in height and 8 m in width. It is called the ...
Nucleic acid
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A large molecule found in biological cells composed of nucleotide subunits.
Kenozooid
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A small bryozoan heterozooid that strengthens and supports the colony, as well as fill spaces; long, branching, tubular, transparent stolons which extend above the substratum and to which the feeding ...
Sublethal
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A toxic or genetic effect that does not cause death, but impairs the organism in various ways.
Aquiferous system
Natural environment; Coral reefs
Water circulatory system in sponges composed of choanoderm, pores and chambers.
