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psammolittoral

psammolittoral adjective: relating to sandy shores.

Adjective

psammolittoral (not comparable)

  1. Relating to sandy shores.
    • Laboratory experiments have attempted to determine the effects of certain environmental variables on the position of some psammolittoral marine species within their sediments (e.g. Pollock 1975b), but further investigations, using a wider range of environmental variables on a range of species, are...1994, Kinchin, Ian M, The biology of tardigrades, page 97
    • Neel investigated the psammolittoral biota, both plant and animal, in the beaches and shoals of Douglas Lake, Michigan, and reported the occurrence of more than 240 species of organisms distributed taxonomically[.]1923, Welch,paul.s., Limnology, page 324

Examples of psammolittoral in a sentence

  • Laboratory experiments have attempted to determine the effects of certain environmental variables on the position of some psammolittoral marine species within their sediments (e.g.1994, Kinchin, Ian M, The biology of tardigrades, page 97:
  • A new species of Halichoanolaimus was encountered during ecological investigations of the psammolittoral fauna of the Raritan estuary.1966, Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington, The Helmithological Society of Washington, page 23:
  • The areas of lakes involved in zonation include the littoral zone (the region in which there is light penetration to the bottom) and the psammolittoral zone (the region along the edge of the water).1958, Benton, Allen H, Principles of field biology & ecology, page 143:

Origin of psammolittoral

By surface analysis, psammo- (“sand”) + littoral.

Questions about psammolittoral

What does psammolittoral mean?
Psammolittoral means relating to sandy shores.
How do you use psammolittoral in a sentence?
Laboratory experiments have attempted to determine the effects of certain environmental variables on the position of some psammolittoral marine species within their sediments (e.g.
What part of speech is psammolittoral?
Psammolittoral is an adjective.

Words near psammolittoral in the dictionary

  1. psammobiotic
  2. psammocharid
  3. psammocharids
  4. psammohalophyte
  5. psammohalophytes
  6. psammolittoral
  7. psammologist
  8. psammologists
  9. psammology
  10. psammoma
  11. psammomas

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