SCIENCE
ECOLOGY
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Open Ocean
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Estuary
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Deep Ocean
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Intertidal Zone/Beach
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Detailed explanation-1: -The intertidal zone is an ecosystem found on marine shorelines, where a multitude of organisms living on the shore survive changes between high and low tides.
Detailed explanation-2: -The intertidal zone is the part of the beach covered by water at high tide and exposed at low tide. It is regularly exposed to the air, wind, sun, rain, and sea water as the tide moves in and out, so animals and plants that live here have to adapt to an ever-changing environment.
Detailed explanation-3: -The intertidal zone is also home to several species from different phyla (Porifera, Annelida, Coelenterata, Mollusca, Arthropoda, etc.). Water is available regularly with the tides that can vary from brackish waters, fresh with rain, to highly saline and dry salt, with drying between tidal inundations.
Detailed explanation-4: -Spray Zone. The spray zone is the upper part of the beach that occasionally gets splashed, but never gets covered by the ocean. High Intertidal Zone. Mid Intertidal Zone. Low Intertidal Zone. 13-May-2016