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  2. Intertidal ecology - Wikipedia

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    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 whereas at high tide, the intertidal is underwater.

  3. Intertidal zone - Wikipedia

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    The intertidal zone or foreshore is the area above water level at low tide and underwater at high tide; in other words, it is the part of the littoral zone within the tidal range. This area can include several types of habitats with various species of life , such as sea stars , sea urchins , and many species of coral with regional differences ...

  4. Intertidal wetland - Wikipedia

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    An intertidal wetland is an area along a shoreline that is exposed to air at low tide and submerged at high tide. This type of wetland is defined by an intertidal zone and includes its own intertidal ecosystems .

  5. Mudflat - Wikipedia

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    Mudflats near Oban on Stewart Island, New Zealand. Tidal flats, along with intertidal salt marshes and mangrove forests, are important ecosystems. [7] They usually support a large population of wildlife, [8] and are a key habitat that allows tens of millions of migratory shorebirds to migrate from breeding sites in the northern hemisphere to non-breeding areas in the southern hemisphere.

  6. Marine ecosystem - Wikipedia

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    Marine ecosystems can be divided into many zones depending upon water depth and shoreline features. The oceanic zone is the vast open part of the ocean where animals such as whales, sharks, and tuna live. The benthic zone consists of substrates below water where many invertebrates live. The intertidal zone is

  7. Mangrove forest - Wikipedia

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    B.) Isotopic profile of sediments across the transition from mangrove to intertidal mudflats and seagrass beds, illustrating the retention of mangrove productivity within the forest. Mangrove forests are amongst the world's most productive marine ecosystems, [79] with net primary productivity (NPP) in the order of 208 Tg C yr −1. [78]

  8. Rocky shore - Wikipedia

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    The area around the high-tide mark is known as the intertidal fringe. Between the high and low-tide marks is the intertidal or littoral zone. Below the low-tide mark is the sublittoral or subtidal zone. The presence and abundance of different animals and algae vary in different zones along the rocky shore due to differing adaptations to the ...

  9. Littoral zone - Wikipedia

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    The littoral zone, also called litoral or nearshore, is the part of a sea, lake, or river that is close to the shore. [1] In coastal ecology, the littoral zone includes the intertidal zone extending from the high water mark (which is rarely inundated), to coastal areas that are permanently submerged — known as the foreshore — and the terms are often used interchangeably.