Sublittoral Definition

sŭb-lĭtər-əl
adjective
Of or situated near the seashore.
American Heritage
Of or relating to an organism living near or just below the low tide level of a shore.
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Lying between the low tide line and the edge of the continental shelf or ranging in depth to about 100 fathoms or 200 meters (660 feet).
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Of or relating to the deeper part of a lake below the area in which rooted plants grow.
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Under the shore.

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Origin of Sublittoral

Sublittoral Sentence Examples

  • No sublittoral populations became bleached and there was often a clear disjunction between littoral bleached and sublittoral unbleached plants.

  • Bleached populations occurred predominantly at the sublittoral fringe, pale plants further up the shore occurred quite frequently in the normal course of events.

  • In the sublittoral this steep-sided, wave-sheltered reef is dominated by a dense hydroid and bryozoan turf with anemones and ascidians.

  • Site selection rationale The SAC series includes large sublittoral sandbanks showing good habitat structure and function.

  • This Annex I habitat is defined as " Sublittoral sandbanks, permanently submerged.

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