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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Neutrino

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A lepton with no electric charge. Neutrinos participate only in weak (and gravitational) interactions and therefore are very difficult to detect. There are three known types of neutrino, all of which ...

Stressor

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A physical, chemical or biological factor that adversely affects organisms; an agent, condition or similar stimulus that causes stress to an organism.

Sneaky male

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A small, non-dominant male fish which attempts to fertilise eggs by darting suddenly onto the nest site; also called "sneaker".

Aneuploidy

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The condition of having an abnormal number of chromosomes; a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number.

Double helix

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The normal structural configuration of DNA consisting of two helices winding about the same axis. The structure of DNA was first proposed by Watson and Crick (1953) with two interlocking helices ...