adjective
definition
Under the shore.
Examples of sublittoral in a Sentence
No sublittoral populations became bleached and there was often a clear disjunction between littoral bleached and sublittoral unbleached plants.
Bleached populations occurred predominantly at the sublittoral fringe, pale plants further up the shore occurred quite frequently in the normal course of events.
In the sublittoral this steep-sided, wave-sheltered reef is dominated by a dense hydroid and bryozoan turf with anemones and ascidians.
Site selection rationale The SAC series includes large sublittoral sandbanks showing good habitat structure and function.
This Annex I habitat is defined as " Sublittoral sandbanks, permanently submerged.
Sublittoral sediments are predominantly medium sands with a low organic content.
This Annex I habitat is defined as Sublittoral sandbanks, permanently submerged.