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Corals and Coral Reefs

Sargassum Seaweed

Glossary of Terms

Reef breakwater

Rubble mound of single-sized stones with a crest at or below sea level which is allowed to be (re)shaped by the waves.

Bathymetry

The measurement of water depths in oceans, seas, and lakes; also information derived from such measurements .

Offshore

The portion of the littoral system that is always submerged.

Aquifer

Permeable geological formation through which groundwater can flow and from which groundwater can be readily extracted. (See also Groundwater).

Coastline

The line that forms the boundary between the coast and the shore. Commonly referred to as the line that forms the boundary between the land and the water (especially the water of a sea or ocean, also called the shoreline).

Seagrass Beds

Benthic communities, usually on shallow, sandy or muddy bottoms, dominated by grasslike marine plants.

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