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• Definitions of coastal terms
  The erosive action that occurs when rock particles of varying sizes are dragged over or hurled against a surface. ...nds from the [[#Closure depth|closure depth]] up to a fixed land boundary (rock, cliff, seawall, sea dike). In the case of a dune coast the front [[#Dunes|
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• Biotopes and classification systems
  ...ier 1990s, when classification and mapping works of the littoral and upper sub-littoral coastal zone of the Great Britain and Ireland began. ...y a limited set of words resuming the local conditions, i.e. muddy sand or rock platform. Such expressions integrate the various parameters which play a ro
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• Sampling tools for the marine environment
  ...relate to species occuring on the sea surface, the water column and on the seabed. ...nets are walls of netting which may be set at or below the surface, on the seabed, or at any depth in between. Gill netting is probably the oldest form of ne
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• Acoustic kelp bed mapping in shallow rocky coasts - case study Helgoland (North Sea)
  ...Limpenny, D.S., Robertson, M.R., Service, M. & Golding, N. (2005). Mapping seabed habitats in the Firth of Lorn off the west coast of Scotland: evaluation an ...8-17.</ref>, Hamilton, 2001<ref name="Ha">Hamilton, L.J. (2001). Acoustic seabed classification systems. Victoria (Australia): Defence Science and Technolog
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• Deep sea bottom
  ...that is formed by geological forces that pulled apart and broke the solid rock - a process called faulting. Mid-ocean ridges are active features character ...such as mid-oceanic ridges. In these regions, hot magma chambers below the seabed heat up water that has permeated into the ocean floor. Water that seeps int
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• Rocky shore habitat
  ...include several distinct habitat types like steep rocky cliffs, platforms, rock pools and boulder fields. Because of the permanent action of tides and wave The intertidal zone or littoral zone is the shoreward fringe of the seabed between the highest and lowest limit of the tides. The upper limit is often
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• Characteristics of sedimentary shores
  ...the beach but derived from ancient fluvial deposits from which the present seabed is built. This is the case of most sandy coasts; they are sandy because wav ...ater is without suspended material. Furthermore, the corals require a firm seabed, to which they can adhere. Corals are small animals, which produce a hard s
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