hardbottom
nounEtymology From hard + bottom.
1
A hard seafloor, typically a layer of sand covering rock.
- Measures of seafloor topographic complexity were used as a proxy for the availability of hardbottom, since a comprehensive map of hard and soft seafloor sediments was also not readily available.2015 July 9, “Identifying Suitable Locations for Mesophotic Hard Corals Offshore of Maui, Hawai‘i”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
- Related terms
- softbottom