Patch Coral Reef

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-020374",
  "term": "Patch Coral Reef",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Individual patch coral reefs are coral formations with circular or oblong shapes and vertical reliefs of one meter or more in relation to the surrounding seafloor. These reefs are isolated from other coral reef formations by bare sand, seagrass, rhodoliths, or other habitats - and have no organized structural axis relative to the contours of the insular shelf edge (Zitello et al. 2009).",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/patch-coral-reef/"
}