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

hydrology

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The science dealing with the properties, distribution and circulation of water and snow.

hard coral

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A coral in the anthozoan order Scleractinia. Also known as the stony corals, these organisms possess a hard external calcareous skeleton. A synonym of stony coral.

A hazardous condition for scuba divers that is characterized by air bubbles released from ruptured lung air pockets (alveoli) into the pulmonary circulation. The bubbles then travel to the arterial ...

electromagnetic receptor

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A neurological receptor that responds to light, electricity, and magnetism. Photoreceptors respond to light and electroreceptors detect electrical energy.