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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
animal pole
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The pole of a spherical oocyte or egg that is closest to the nucleus and contains most of the cytoplasm. The opposite pole is the vegetal pole, which, depending upon the type of egg, contains most of ...
tau
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The third charged lepton (in order of increasing mass), with electric charge -1.
Landsat Program
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The Landsat Program (NASA) provides the world's scientists and application engineers with a continuing stream of remote sensing data for monitoring and managing the Earth's resources. Landsat 7 has ...
morphogenesis
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A change in the shape or structure of an organism through growth and differentiation.
trawler
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A fishing vessel that tows an open-mouthed fishing net drawn along the sea bottom or in the water column.
degeneration
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A process by which tissue deteriorates, loses functional activity, and may become converted into or replaced by other kinds of tissue; deterioration which causes some degree of loss of original ...
