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Tidal Flow

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-028074

Advective flow resulting from tidal movement, often amplified in velocity when moving through an inlet, pass or channel. Tides are important in mixing the water column and transporting water, salt, nutrients and biota, particularly weak-swimming larval or non-motile planktonic forms. The life cycles of many organisms depend on tidal transport for survival.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-028074
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesFederal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-028074",
  "term": "Tidal Flow",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Advective flow resulting from tidal movement, often amplified in velocity when moving through an inlet, pass or channel. Tides are important in mixing the water column and transporting water, salt, nutrients and biota, particularly weak-swimming larval or non-motile planktonic forms. The life cycles of many organisms depend on tidal transport for survival.",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/tidal-flow/"
}

Record 28,074 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.