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

Cay

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A small, low coastal island or emergent reef of sand or coral; flat mound of sand and admixed coral fragments built upon a reef flat or just above high tide level. A synonym of key, as in the Florida ...

Intratentacular budding

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A type of asexual reproduction where daughter corallites grow from the inside wall of parent corallites, usually by division of the parent corallite.

Glider

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A type of autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) that uses small changes in its buoyancy in conjunction with wings to convert vertical motion to horizontal, and thereby propel itself forward with very ...

Restriction enzyme

Natural environment; Coral reefs

An enzyme that cleaves double-stranded DNA; an endonuclease that recognises specific nucleotide sequences and cleaves DNA at these highly specific locations. In genetic engineering, new genes can be ...

Grouper

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Any species of bony fishes in the subfamily Epinephelinae of the sea bass family, Serranidae. Groupers have a typical seabass appearance with robust bodies, large mouths and sharp teeth. Some get to ...