hardbottom

English

Etymology

From hard +‎ bottom.

Noun

hardbottom (countable and uncountable, plural hardbottoms)

1. A hard seafloor, typically a layer of sand covering rock.
   • 2015 July 9, “Identifying Suitable Locations for Mesophotic Hard Corals Offshore of Maui, Hawai‘i”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:

     Measures of seafloor topographic complexity were used as a proxy for the availability of hardbottom, since a comprehensive map of hard and soft seafloor sediments was also not readily available.

Related terms

• softbottom