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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
chlorophyll c
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The chlorophyll present in brown algae, diatoms, and flagellates.
schizocoelous
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The mesoderm and coelom initially develop from a solid block of mesodermal tissue in an embryo that subsequently develops a split down the middle.The cavity thus formed is the coelom. Schizocoelous ...
axon
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The single motor branch of a neuron that passes the nervous impulse away from the cell body to another neuron or effector organ.
waste water
Natural environment; Coral reefs
Water that is a mixture of water and dissolved or suspended solids carrying wastes from homes, businesses and industries .
caecum
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A blindly ending sac arising from the gut or some other hollow organ.
zoonose
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A disease of non-human animals that may be transmitted to humans, or may be transmitted from humans to non-human animals.
gametophyte
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A life cycle stage in certain algae that produces male and female reproductive organs.
