ENVIRONMENT|natural environment|physical environment|aquatic environment|marine environment
- beirtreach sliogiasc Tagairt Faomhadh an téarma seo mar chuid de Thionscadal Lex
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- shellfish bed
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- Sainmhíniú location where a shellfish species occupies more than 50% of an area of more than a few square meters Tagairt "San Francisco Bay Subtidal Habitat Goals Report. 'CHAPTER SEVEN Shellfish Beds' (12.7.2022)"
- Nóta Shellfish beds occur in various types of estuarine and marine habitats, with some species such as soft-shell clams, occurring near the mouths of creeks and in slack waters near sand bars or islands, while others such as sea scallops occur in deeper marine waters along the continental shelf. Shellfish are excellent indicators of environmental conditions and because of their good preservation in fossil records and wide distribution, they can serve as natural recorders of historical change in coastal areas