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Natural environment

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

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trophic dynamics

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The complex biological processes whereby energy and matter are passed up to successive levels of food webs.

hydrological cycle

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The movement of water in all of its phases (gas, liquid, solid) from the Earth to the atmosphere and back to the Earth.

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 ...

piebald

Natural environment; Coral reefs

With two colors 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.

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