| 11. | The "'littoral zone "'is the part of a sea, lake or river that is close to the shore.
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| 12. | Starting from the shoreline, the littoral zone begins at the spray region just above the high tide mark.
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| 13. | First, human settlement is often attracted to shorelines, and settlement often disrupts breeding habitats for littoral zone species.
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| 14. | The U . S . Navy intends these for operations in the littoral zone ( close to shore ).
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| 15. | Planning for a class of small, multipurpose warships to operate in the littoral zone began in the early 2000s.
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| 16. | The littoral zones abut each other in a way that forms two separate areas of tridominium waters in the gulf.
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| 17. | Due to its shallowness, the entire basin constitutes the littoral zone, which harbors common invertebrates like snails and insect larvae.
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| 18. | In freshwater situations, littoral zones occur on the edge of large lakes and rivers, often with extensive areas of wetland.
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| 19. | Land reclamation in Tianjin and in Caofeidian have greatly changed the littoral zone, and destroyed much of the area's wetlands.
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| 20. | Benthic gross primary production ( GPP ) may be important in maintaining biodiversity hotspots in littoral zones in large lake ecosystems.
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