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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
seep
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A small area where water that may be of a different temperature and density flows from below the seafloor and rises slowly into the ocean; a spot where water that is flowing below the earth’s surface ...
numericlature
Natural environment; Coral reefs
An attempt to express the natural order (i.e. Classification) of organisms in numbers, so that each taxon name is represented by a numerical code, the structure of which indicates its taxonomic ...
growth factor
Natural environment; Coral reefs
Any of various chemicals, particularly polypeptides, that have a variety of important roles in the stimulation of new cell growth and cell maintenance. They bind to the cell surface on receptors. ...
chromatid
Natural environment; Coral reefs
Each of a pair of identical DNA molecules after DNA replication, joined at the centromere.
rhinophoral sheath
Natural environment; Coral reefs
In sea slugs, the upstanding flange from the antero-lateral part of the mantle into which a rhinophore can be contracted.
