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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
Lateral display
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A type of threat or reproductive behaviour exhibited by many species of fishes, in which two male fish align beside each other, spread their dorsal, anal, and pelvic fins, and intensify the ...
Vestigial structure
Natural environment; Coral reefs
An incompletely or ineffectively developed structure which is greatly reduced from the original ancestral form and is no longer functional.
Oceanic
Natural environment; Coral reefs
Associated with sea-water environment seaward of the shelf-slope break.
Defensome
Natural environment; Coral reefs
Genes encoding protein complexes that participate in defence mechanisms to environmental chemical stressors; also called "chemical defensome".
Pleurite
Natural environment; Coral reefs
One of the external lateral processes of a somite (body segment) of a crustacean; also called a 'pleuron'.
Carbonate compensation depth
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The depth in the ocean below which material composed of calcium carbonate (caco3) is dissolved and does not accumulate on the sea floor.
Ectoderm
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The outer germ layer of cells in an embryo that gives rise to the outer layer of skin (epidermis) and neural tissue.
