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

fish louse

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A parasitic crustacean on marine and freshwater fishes.

A small bryozoan heterozooid that strengthens and supports the colony, as well as fill spaces; long, branching, tubular, transparent stolons which extend above the substratum and to which the feeding ...

sublethal

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A toxic or genetic effect that does not cause death, but impairs the organism in various ways.

dorsoventral

Natural environment; Coral reefs

An axis extending from the dorsal to ventral surface of an animal body.

shore bird

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Any of various species of bird, such as the sandpiper, plover, or snipe, that frequents the shores of coastal or inland waters.

null hypothesis (Ho)

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The statistical hypothesis that states that there are no differences between observed and expected data. The null hypothesis is used in experimental research. It asserts arbitrarily that there is no ...