Explore: Intertidal Organisms

Intertidal ecology is the study of intertidal ecosystems, where organisms live between the low and high tide lines. At low tide, the intertidal is exposed

extending from above the highest tide level to below the lowest. Organisms in the intertidal zone are well-adapted to their environment, facing high levels

high tide zone difficult bring food to filter feeders and other intertidal organisms. This zone is constantly covered and uncovered by water, so its inhabitants

the destruction of intertidal organisms such as barnacles, crustaceans, and seaweed. By 2000, research into intertidal organisms recovery was launched

it is underwater (or immersed). Intertidal ecologists therefore study the interactions between intertidal organisms and their environment, as well as

sediments. In photic zones benthic diatoms dominate as photosynthetic organisms. In intertidal zones changing tides strongly control opportunities for microbenthos

of Liverpool studied the colonisation of the statues by sessile intertidal organisms, such as invasive species of barnacles.[clarification needed] Event

biologist known for his research on the physiology and ecology of intertidal organisms and his support for intelligent design. Chien was born on 1 January

distinct differences, delineated vertically, in the groups of organisms supported. Many organisms adapted to deep-water pressure cannot survive in the upper

biodiversity and productivity. Organisms that live freely at the ocean surface, termed neuston, include keystone organisms like the golden seaweed Sargassum