Meaning of subaerophytic | Babel Free

Definitions

Living in a terrestrial habitat such as on rocks or stones, where most water is atmospheric but there occurs another intermittent water source such as spray from an adjacent waterfall.

not-comparable

Examples

“Several cyanobacteria live as endolithic species inside rocks (within the crystal lattice) in very arid, hot or cold deserts, usually subaerophytic.”

“Occurrence: many species are epilithic on submerged stones or subaerophytic in spray and zones (sensu Rott et al. 2006) but may also be common as planktic members.”

“Gloeothece plays a substantial role within aerophytic or subaerophytic communities or on submerged substrates all over the world (Komárek and Anagnostidis 1998).”

CEFR level