We just came back from visiting rocky intertidal zones!!
These ecosystems are found in coastlines of basically any country with a coastline (sorta redundant) (think like ship wrecks and lighthouses and crashing waves...)
Oh, note: don't try climbing/walking among them, cause I slipped and fell on my butt and got all wet... yeah, NOT a good idea.
ANYways, rocky intertidal zones are ecosystems that attracts many small animals (these rocks are obviously right where the tide comes in, so to live in the ecosystem, either you have to be okay with moving around with the tide, or you have to have super-clinging skills to be able to hold onto the rocks really well). Some animals would be: anemones, brown seaweed, crabs, green algae, limpets, mussels, nudibranchs, sculpin, sea cucumber, sea lettuce, sea palms, sea stars, sea urchins, shrimp, snails, sponges, surf grass, whelks...
Rocky intertidal zones are cut into 3 categories
1)littoral2)infralittoral
3)circalittoral
(in order from shallowest to deepest)
Rocky Intertidal Ecosystems are pretty awesome, and I'm glad I visited the very end of Florida to see this super ecosystems!!!
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