fragmentation

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-011645",
  "term": "fragmentation",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The breaking up of large and continuous ecosystems, communities, and habitats into smaller areas that are surrounded by altered or disturbed land or aquatic substrate.\n\n2. A type of asexual reproduction common in branching corals. Branches break off from the parental colony to establish other colonies nearby.",
  "subject": "Ecosystems",
  "references": [
    "Nearshore Terrestrial Ecosystems Glossary",
    "NOAA Coral Reef Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/fragmentation/"
}