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

Field research

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The study of organisms in their natural habitat.

Transposon

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A DNA sequence of nucleotides that can insert itself at a new site in the genome .

Linear reef

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A linear coral formation that is oriented parallel to the shore or the shelf edge.

Typological species

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A species defined on the characters of the type specimen.

Swamp

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A type of wetland that is dominated by woody vegetation. When it does not, it is usually termed a marsh. Swamps may be fresh or salt water and tidal or non-tidal.

Growth

Natural environment; Coral reefs

An increase in cell size or cell number, or both.

Linked genes

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Genes that are so closely associated on a chromosome that the allelic forms found on a chromosome are inherited together by an offspring at least 80 percent or more of the time.