How To Use Sublittoral In A Sentence
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Bathyal is defined as pertaining to the ocean bottom between the sublittoral and abyssal zones - from depths of approximately 200 to 400 m.
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The marine red alga Chondrus crispus is an abundant species along the coasts of the North Atlantic and inhabits the intertidal and upper sublittoral zones of rocky shorelines.
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Bathyal is defined as pertaining to the ocean bottom between the sublittoral and abyssal zones - from depths of approximately 200 to 400 m.
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SNH has recently run a 6-year research program on intertidal, sublittoral and benthic sites with surveys in 1997 and 2000.
St Kilda (Hirta) National Nature Reserve, United Kingdom
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The marine environment contains considerable numbers of spiny lobster and a wide range of littoral and sublittoral invertebrates and fish.
Scandola Nature Reserve & Capes Girolata and Porto, France
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In 1997, biomass of both littoral and sublittoral invertebrates in the impoundment was comparable to that of New Brunswick lakes of similar trophic status.
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Arctic Ocean supports beds of sea-tangle (Fucus distichus) and in the littoral and sublittoral regions (down to about 40 m in clear water) are kelp forests of
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Available data, though, make it unlikely that a ‘climatic crisis’ scenario would apply with equal force to species that are restricted to the sublittoral zone or to lower latitudes.
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The wildlife of the sublittoral sediment areas is less diverse than that of the rocky sublittorals but the areas have a high biomass and are important fishing areas, particularly for bottom-feeding fish.
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The sublittoral zone extends from the low-tide line out to 200 meters.
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Miocene littoral and sublittoral deposits on the western side of the Atlantic showed the continuation of the transgression had begun in earlier times.
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The paleoenvironments are interpreted as inner sublittoral and coastal lagoons environments with riverine and estuarine influence.
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Because of the highly transparent nature of the waters the sublittoral algae Posidionia oceanica is found over quite a large area.
Scandola Nature Reserve & Capes Girolata and Porto, France