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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Complementary base pair

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The specific matching of purine and pyrimidine base pairs in nucleic acids. This matching occurs because the structure of one base precisely fits with, and bonds to, another specific base. In DNA, ...

Piebald

Natural environment; Coral reefs

With two colours irregularly arranged, usually black and white.

Surge channel

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A deep channel in the windward side of a coral reef through which water moves in and out of the reef.

Teleost

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A large group of fishes (infraclass Teleostei) which contains most of the bony fishes.

Ectoparasite

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A parasite which lives on the surface of its host.

Avicularium

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A small bryozoan heterozooid in which the zooecium and operculum form a beak-like, snapping structure that deters small predators.

Dispersant

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A toxic liquid used to place oil in suspension in the water mass and promote its dispersal in order to accelerate break down by the environmen,t including bacterial decomposition. Dispersants are ...