coastal
(adjective)
Relating to the coast; on or near the coast, as a coastal town, a coastal breeze.
Examples of coastal in the following topics:
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Marine Habitats
- Marine habitats can be divided into coastal and open ocean habitats.
- Sandy shores, also called beaches, are coastal shorelines where sand accumulates.
- Mudflats are coastal wetlands that form when mud is deposited by tides or rivers.
- Mangrove swamps and salt marshes form important coastal habitats in topical and temperate areas respectively.
- Kelp forests occur worldwide throughout temperate and polar coastal oceans.
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Edible Algae
- Edible algae have been used as food for centuries in many coastal regions all over the world.
- Seaweeds are edible algae that have been used for centuries as food in many coastal regions all over the world.
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Environmental Diversity of Microbes
- As such, microbial communities from coastal and open oceans, polar regions, rivers, lakes, soils, atmosphere, and the human body can be tested.