midlittoral

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English

Etymology

From mid- +‎ littoral.

Adjective

midlittoral (not comparable)

  1. (geography) In the middle part of a seashore.
    • 2016 February 13, “The Challenge of Planning Conservation Strategies in Threatened Seascapes: Understanding the Role of Fine Scale Assessments of Community Response to Cumulative Human Pressures”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      In each sector, three sampling sites (100s m apart from each other) were randomly selected for the surveys of benthic assemblages on rocky reefs from the lower midlittoral and the shallow infralittoral.