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- adjective below the level of the
tide
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Examples
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Oysters in the Gulf are typically subtidal, meaning they stay underwater at low tide.
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There are also many fringing reefs where the reef growth is established on subtidal rock of the mainland coast or continental islands.
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The vegetation of 600-800 square kilometers (km2) of shallow water is vast expanses of seagrass, especially the eelgrass Zostera noltii in the intertidal zone and Cymodocea nodosa with Halodule wrightii in the subtidal zone.
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The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute has surveyed plants, subtidal and marine invertebrates, and with Duke University, surveyed fishermen of 14 communities to develop a strategy for fish conservation and for limiting illegal fishing.
Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection, Panama 2009
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The Great Bay Reserve is comprised of upland forest, salt marsh, mudflats, tidal creek, rocky intertidal, eelgrass beds, channel bottom/subtidal and upland field habitats.
Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, New Hampshire 2008
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Limpets and bivalves are absent from the littoral and subtidal zones.
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The insects have successfully colonized the entire planet with the exception of the subtidal zone of the oceans.
Crustacea 2008
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Zebra mussels, an invading exotic species, dominates subtidal rocky areas.
Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve, New York 2008
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The insects have successfully colonized the entire planet with the exception of the subtidal zone of the oceans.
Insecta (Aquatic) 2008
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Mangrove removal in the Belize cays: effects on mangrove-associated fish assemblages in the intertidal and subtidal.
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