softbottom en · NOUN
Etymology
From soft + bottom.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A soft seafloor, typically composed of muddy sediment.
Including acoustic backscatter and/or an accurate map denoting hardbottom and softbottom locations may help capture additional, low-relief hardbottom areas, and help improve future Leptoseris predictions.
2015 July 9, “Identifying Suitable Locations for Mesophotic Hard Corals Offshore of Maui, Hawai‘i”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| softbottoms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |