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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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sagittal
Natural environment; Coral reefs
Relating to the sagittal plane, which extends through the midline of a bilateral animal, dividing it into two equal halves.
development
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The chronological series of changes, from a lower to a higher state of organization, which multicellular organisms undergo from the fertilized egg (zygote) to maturity.
anabolism
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The metabolic processes that consumes energy and involve the synthesis of larger, complex molecules from simpler ones.
saturation diving
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The situation where a diver is at a depth or pressure for a long enough period of time (12 hours or longer) to have the partial pressures of the dissolved gases in the body at equilibrium with the ...
hemocyanin
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A bluish, copper-containing respiratory pigment with an oxygen-carrying function similar to that of hemoglobin that is present in the blood of certain mollusks and arthropods.
chloroplast
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A disk-like organelle with a double membrane, found in some protists and all green plant cells, that contains chlorophyll and is the site of photosynthesis.
