sublittoral shelf

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• sublittoral — I. adjective Date: 1846 1. situated, occurring, or formed on the aquatic side of a shoreline or littoral zone 2. constituting the sublittoral II. noun Date: circa 1935 the deeper part of the littoral portion of a body of water; especially the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sublittoral — in lakes the sublittoral zone extends from the lakeward limit of rooted vegetation down to about the upper limit of the hypolimnion; in the ocean from the lower edge of the intertidal (littoral) zone to the outer edge of the continental shelf at… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• sublittoral — /sub lit euhr euhl/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to the biogeographic region of the ocean bottom between the littoral and bathyal zones, from the low water line to the edge of the continental shelf, or to a depth of approximately 660 ft. (200 m). 2 …   Universalium

• sublittoral — sub•lit•to•ral [[t]sʌbˈlɪt ər əl[/t]] adj. 1) geo ecl of or pertaining to the region of the ocean extending from the lowest shoreline to the edge of the continental shelf 2) geo ecl of or pertaining to the region of a lake extending from the… …   From formal English to slang

• sublittoral zone — 1. A lake bottom too deep for rooted plants to grow. 2. In oceans, a zone from the intertidal zone to the end of the continental shelf …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• sublittoral zone — /sʌbˈlɪtərəl zoʊn/ (say sub lituhruhl zohn) noun Ecology the area between the low tide line and the edge of the continental shelf; abundant in plant and animal life. Compare eulittoral zone …  

• Continental shelf — Marine habitats Anatomy of a continental shelf off the south eastern coast of the United States Littoral zone Intertidal zone …   Wikipedia

• List of Cumacea literature — Extensive literature list on Cumaceans. Contents: Top · 0–9 · A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A …   Wikipedia

• Littoral zone — Littoral redirects here. For other uses, see Littoral (disambiguation). Marine habitats Different disciplines and agencies divide the littoral zone into different subregions, according to how they want to view the zone. This diagram show …   Wikipedia

• Redspotted catshark — Conservation status Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification …   Wikipedia

• Antarctica — /ant ahrk ti keuh, ahr ti /, n. the continent surrounding the South Pole: almost entirely covered by an ice sheet. ab. 5,000,000 sq. mi. (12,950,000 sq. km). Also called Antarctic Continent. * * * Antarctica Introduction Antarctica Background:… …   Universalium