Coral Reef: A wave-resistant structure resulting from cementation processes and the skeletal construction of hermatypic corals, calcareous algae, and other calcium carbonate-secreting organisms

 

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Coral Reef: A wave-resistant structure resulting from cementation processes and the skeletal construction of hermatypic corals, calcareous algae, and other calcium carbonate-secreting organisms

Fringing Reef: A coral reef that is directly attached to a landmass not made of coral.

Coastal Reef: A coral reef occurring near and parallel to a coastline

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Foliose Coral: A coral whose skeletal form approximates that of a broad, flattened plate

Ecosystem: The community living in an area and its physical environment.

Atoll: A horseshoe or circular array of islands, capping a coral reef system perched around an oceanic volcanic seamount

Colonial: 1. Level of organization intermediate between unicellular and multicellular - organisms are composed of multiple cells but fail to exhibit specialization of those cells. Examples: Volvox, a . . . View Full Definition