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Glossary of Terms

Unicellular, symbiotic algae living within coral polyps that produce food for their hosts by photosynthesis and help efficiently recycle low-levels of nutrients.

Climate

The characteristic weather of a region, particularly regarding temperature and precipitation, averaged over some significant internal of time (years).

Alongshore

Parallel to and near the shoreline (also referred to as longshore).

Breakwater

A man-made structure protecting a shore area, harbor, anchorage, or basin from waves.

Impermeable groyne

A groyne constructed such that sand cannot pass through the structure (but sand may still move over or around it).

Reflected Wave

That part of an incident wave that is returned seaward when a wave impinges on a steep beach, barrier, or other reflecting surface.

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