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Corals and Coral Reefs

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Glossary of Terms

Scarping

The erosion of a dune or berm by wave attack during a storm or a large swell.

Soil Classification (Size)

An arbitrary division of a continuous scale of grain sizes such that each scale unit or grade may serve as a convenient class interval for conducting the analysis or for expressing the results of an analysis.

Global Positioning System (GPS)

A navigational and positioning system developed by the U.S. Department of Defense, by which the location of a position on or above the Earth can be determined by a special receiver at that point interpreting signals received simultaneously from several of a constellation of special satellites.

Detritus

The particulate, organic remains and waste of organisms. It constitutes a major food source in marine ecosystems.

Zooxanthellae

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

Toe

Lowest part of sea and portside breakwater slope, generally forming the transition to the seabed.

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