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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
Closed circuit scuba
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A diving apparatus which allows divers to re-breathe exhaled air after removal of carbon dioxide and addition of supplemental oxygen. It is not generally used by recreational scuba divers.
Halophyte
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A plant that grows in soils that have a high content of various salts.
Ascidian
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A solitary or colonial sea squirt of the phylum Chordata, class Ascidiacea. The adult form does not resemble vertebrate chordate animals but the larval stage possesses all basic chordate ...
Adductor
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A type of muscle whose function is to pull an appendage or body part inwards, towards the body of an animal.
Scute
Natural environment; Coral reefs
An external horny, chitinous or bony plate or scale, such as those on the shell of a turtle.
Mitogen
Natural environment; Coral reefs
Any substance that causes cells to begin dividing by mitosis .
