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Glossary of Terms

Wind Rose

Diagram showing the long-term distribution of wind speed and direction.

Seagrass Beds

Benthic communities, usually on shallow, sandy or muddy bottoms, dominated by grasslike marine plants.

Profile, beach

The intersection of the ground surface with a vertical plane; typically perpendicular to the local shoreline, and may extend from behind the dune line or the top of a bluff to well seaward of the breaker zone.

Eutrophication

Increased primary production caused by the anthropogenic enrichment of a water body with nutrients. (See also primary production and nutrients ).

Longshore

Parallel to and near the shoreline; Also referred to as alongshore.

Erosion

The loss of sediment, sometimes indicated by the landward retreat of a shoreline indicator such as the water line, the berm crest, or the vegetation line.

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