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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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Coral reefs
accessory pigment
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A photosynthetic pigment which absorbs light and transfers energy to chlorophylls during photosynthesis.
cay
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A small, low coastal island or emergent reef of sand or coral; flat mound of sand and admixed coral fragments built upon a reef flat or just above high tide level. A synonym of key, as in the Florida ...
intratentacular budding
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A type of asexual reproduction where daughter corallites grow from the inside wall of parent corallites, usually by division of the parent corallite.
feral
Natural environment; Coral reefs
Existing in a wild or untamed state.The term is often used to describe an animal which has reverted to such a state from domestication. An example of the latter is a once farmed fish, or the progeny ...
alternative hypothesis
Natural environment; Coral reefs
In statistics, the hypothesis that is adopted when the null hypothesis is rejected.
