softbottom

English

Etymology

From soft +‎ bottom.

Noun

softbottom (countable and uncountable, plural softbottoms)

1. A soft seafloor, typically composed of muddy sediment.
   • 2015 July 9, “Identifying Suitable Locations for Mesophotic Hard Corals Offshore of Maui, Hawai‘i”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:

     Including acoustic backscatter and/or an accurate map denoting hardbottom and softbottom locations may help capture additional, low-relief hardbottom areas, and help improve future Leptoseris predictions.

Related terms

• hardbottom