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Substrate (Geology)

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-027173

1. The rock underlying surface soils.

2. Surface or material that an organism lives on or in. For example, oyster reefs provide hard substrate for invertebrates to attach themselves to.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-027173
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesNearshore Terrestrial Ecosystems Glossary; Chesapeake Bay Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-027173",
  "term": "Substrate (Geology)",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The rock underlying surface soils.\n\n2. Surface or material that an organism lives on or in. For example, oyster reefs provide hard substrate for invertebrates to attach themselves to.",
  "references": [
    "Nearshore Terrestrial Ecosystems Glossary",
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/substrate-geology/"
}

Record 27,173 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.