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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wave length

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The distance between two successive wave crests or troughs.

coenosteum pit

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The point of insertion or commencement of septa in some corals.

plate tectonics

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The theory that the Earth's lithosphere consists of large, rigid plates that move horizontally in response to the flow of the asthenosphere beneath them, and that interactions among the plates at ...

Animalia

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The kingdom of multicellular heterotrophic eukaryotes that are capable of motility during some stage of their life history.

A change from one ambient pressure to a lower ambient pressure as the scuba diver ascends. Decompression also occurs in a decompression chamber. Decompression results in a reduction of gas pressures ...

trolling

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A fishing method where lures or baits attached to lines are towed behind a slowly moving boat.

chiton

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A marine mollusk of the Subclass Polyplacophora, which contains about 600 species of sedentary animals commonly known as chitons.They are found from shallow waters to depths of about 400 m. A chiton ...