floating mat
1mat — mat1 [mæt] n [Date: 700 800; : Late Latin; Origin: matta] 1.) a small piece of thick rough material which covers part of a floor ▪ Wipe your feet on the mat. 2.) a small flat piece of wood, cloth etc which protects a surface, especially on a… …
2Floating island — A floating island is a mass of floating aquatic plants, mud, and peat ranging in thickness from a few inches to several feet. Floating islands are a common natural phenomenon that are found in many parts of the world. They exist less commonly as… …
3Microbial mat — A microbial mat is a multi layered sheet of micro organisms, mainly bacteria and archaea. Microbial mats grow at interfaces between different types of material, mostly on submerged or moist surfaces but a few survive in deserts.[1] They colonize… …
4Very large floating structure — Very large floating structure(s) (VLFS(s)) (or, as some literature refers to them, very large floating platform(s) , VLFP(s) for short) can be constructed to create floating airports, bridges, breakwaters, piers and docks, storage facilities (for …
5algal mat — noun a) an accumulation of filamentous algae, either freely floating or rolling along the sea bed. b) a mass of diatoms etc. covering soft bottoms …
6foundation mat — noun : floating foundation …
7bog — bog1 boggish, adj. /bog, bawg/, n., v., bogged, bogging. n. 1. wet, spongy ground with soil composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter. 2. an area or stretch of such ground. v.t., v.i. 3. to sink in or as if in a bog (often fol. by down): We… …
8Pinhook Bog — Indiana’s only true bog is a special geologic feature of this region which preserves a large variety of plants with extraordinary adaptations for survival. See insect eating plants and tamarack trees; walk on a boardwalk that is placed upon a… …
9Salvinia molesta — Taxobox name = Giant salvinia image caption = The fern Salvinia molesta floating on a pond surface regnum = Plantae divisio = Pteridophyta classis = Pteridopsida ordo = Salviniales familia = Salviniaceae genus = Salvinia species = S. molesta… …
10Lotic ecosystems — are the ecosystems of rivers, streams and springs. Included in these environments are the biotic interactions (amongst plants, animals and micro organisms) together with the abiotic interactions (physical and chemical). [Angelier (2003)] Lotic… …
