coastal

Examples of coastal in the following topics:

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.