Which colorful reef fish group helps make coral sand through bioerosion?
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parrotfish
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Which colorful reef fish group helps make coral sand through bioerosion?
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parrotfish
Coral sand particles are primarily a form of which calcium carbonate mineral?
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aragonite
What drifting larval stage is released by many stony corals after fertilization?
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planula
What term means reef-building coral, opposite of ahermatypic coral?
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hermatypic
Which order contains the stony corals that form much of modern reef framework?
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Scleractinia
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What term means reef-building coral, opposite of ahermatypic coral?
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hermatypic
Which order contains the stony corals that form much of modern reef framework?
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Scleractinia
What term describes the puzzle of reefs thriving in nutrient-poor tropical waters?
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Darwin's paradox
Which naturalist published The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs in 1842?
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Charles Darwin