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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aneuploidy

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The condition of having an abnormal number of chromosomes; a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number.

double helix

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The normal structural configuration of DNA consisting of two helices winding about the same axis. The structure of DNA was first proposed by Watson and Crick (1953) with two interlocking helices ...

early life history

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The stages from egg to juvenile in fish development.

flavescent

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Yellowish color.

sinkhole

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A depression formed in an area either by dissolving of the surface limestone or by collapse of underlying cavities.

gyre

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A large water-circulation system of geostrophic currents rotating clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere or counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.