Meanings
nounsoftbottom (countable and uncountable, plural softbottoms)
plural softbottoms
- countableuncountableA soft seafloor, typically composed of muddy sediment.
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.
2015 July 9, “Identifying Suitable Locations for Mesophotic Hard Corals Offshore of Maui, Hawai‘i”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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“softbottom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/softbottom. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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