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

biotope

Natural environment; Coral reefs

An area of relatively uniform environmental conditions, occupied by a given plant community and its associated animal community.

Any fish species in the order Pleuronectiformes, which includes flounders, flukes, dabs, halibuts, plaice, soles, and turbots. All flatfishes have an unusualy compressed body form adapted to life on ...

alpha taxonomy

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Descriptive taxonomy concerned primarily with the discovery, description, and naming of species, usually on the basis of morphological characters.

primer

Natural environment; Coral reefs

In genomics, a short pre-existing single-stranded polynucleotide chain to which new deoxyribonucleotides can be added by DNA polymerase. It anneals to a nucleic acid template and promotes copying of ...