For other uses, see Substrate.
In biology a substrate is the surface a plant or animal lives upon. The substrate can include biotic or abiotic materials. For example, encrusting algae that lives on a rock can be substrate for another animal that lives on top of the algae. See also substrate (marine biology).
Abiotic substrates
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