Answer: Providing shelter and spawning grounds to a wide range of ocean life, coral reefs serve an important role in the marine ecosystem. ... Another role is protection from strong ocean currents and high waves. As the name "barrier reef" implies, reefs act as a barrier protecting the shorelines.
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Any genetically engineered organisms is referred to as a transgenic organism.
A transgenic organism is any organism that was modified genetically or engineered by humans, for certain purposes, in this case, the function of the thale cress is to break down toxic metals in the water (cress plants grow on water).
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Carbon atoms are converted into metabolites like acetic acid, lactic acid, aldehydes, etc via the action of different bacteria. In the process of fermentation or cellular respiration, carbon atoms are cleaved into three carbon molecule called pyruvate then eventually forming into metabolites.
Gause's Competitive Exclusion Principle
The 'competitive exclusion principle' (CEP) states that two species with identical niches cannot coexist indefinitely. ... Gause helped propel ecology by his approach of experimentally testing mathematical models, and his unifying the concept of the niche with resource competition.
