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Natural environment

Related to any physical feature of the earth's natural environment.

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accessory pigment

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A photosynthetic pigment which absorbs light and transfers energy to chlorophylls during photosynthesis.

cay

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A small, low coastal island or emergent reef of sand or coral; flat mound of sand and admixed coral fragments built upon a reef flat or just above high tide level. A synonym of ...

intratentacular budding

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A type of asexual reproduction where daughter corallites grow from the inside wall of parent corallites, usually by division of the parent corallite.

cellulolytic enzyme

Natural environment; Coral reefs

An enzyme that acts upon cellulose.

feral

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Existing in a wild or untamed state.The term is often used to describe an animal which has reverted to such a state from domestication. An example of the latter is a once farmed ...

alternative hypothesis

Natural environment; Coral reefs

In statistics, the hypothesis that is adopted when the null hypothesis is rejected.

avian

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Of, relating to, or characteristic of birds.

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