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

fragmentation

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A type of asexual reproduction common in branching corals. Branches break off from the parental colony to establish other colonies nearby.

paleoenvironmental proxy

Natural environment; Coral reefs

An environmental remnant of the past (pollen grains, tree rings, lake sediments, pack rat middens, ice cores, coral skeletons) used to assist researchers in deciphering past climatic conditions.

Any species of bony fishes in the family Monacanthidae.The body of filefishes is laterally compressed and roughly diamond-shaped in profile. The filefish gets its name from its very rough skin.The ...

environment

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Everything external to the organism.

stratified random sample

Natural environment; Coral reefs

In statistics, a sample drawn from a population divided into tiers or strata specifically relating to the study being undertaken; a sample derived by dividing the data population into a number of ...