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Books about Intertidal
Zone
The intertidal zone is located on the shore line between the high
and low tide levels. Technically the intertidal zone includes beaches
and estuaries, but the information on this page is primarily about the
rocky intertidal zone and tide pools in and between the rocks.
 Life
in a Massachusetts Tide Pool. Kimberly Amaral. Pictures and information
about the animals you might find in a tide pool along the New England
Coast. Highly recommended.
Puget
Sound Intertidal Zone. Beach Watchers. This site, written for kids,
lets you meet some of the animals you might see in the rocky intertidal
zone of Puget Sound in Washington. The first page has pictures of a number
of animals. Click on one to get more information about that animal. Recommended.
Rocky
Shores. MBWeb. A large gallery of photographs of the intertital zone
in North America and the plants and animals that live there. Each photograph
illustrates a short vignette about the ecology and makeup of the intertidal
zone. The page will take a long time to download, but the wait is worth
it. Recommended.
The
Virtual Tide Pool. Monterey National Marine Sanctuary. Take a virtual
tour of a tide pool at the Monterey National Marine Sanctuary in California.
Learn about the various animals that live in the tide pools and how they
interact with each other.
The
Tide Pool Page. Corrina and Nancy Chase. A great web site on the zonation,
organisms, and physical environment of the intertidal zone, particularly
for the Pacific Northwest. The site is particularly useful for younger
readers. Recommended.
Bishops
College Intertidal Zone Field Trip. A virtual trip to the intertidal
(between high and low tide marks) zone on the coast of Newfoundland. This
site has an introduction to the intertidal zone and a survey of the plants
and animals found there.
California's
Rocky Intertidal Zones. California Coastal Resource Guide. A short
introduction to the intertidal habitat.
A Coastal
Journey through the Northwest Intertidal Zone. Nancy Sefton. A great
virtual visit to the intertidal zone of the Pacific Northwest with information
on, and pictures of, the various plants and animals you might expect to
see.
Fitzgerald
Marine Reserve. The Fitzgerald Marine Reserve web pages contain a
wealth of information on the intertidal zone of California including sections
on the life found in the different zones of the intertidal zone and proper
care you need to take while you are in the tidal zone to conserve and
protect them.
Rocky
Intertidal Habitats. Andrew DeVogelaere. An introduction to the biodiversity
and community ecology of intertidal habitats in Washington.
Northwest
Coast Rocky Intertidal Zonation. Lane Community College. Photographs
of, and information about, some of the intertidal animals and plants of
the Pacific Northwest.
Biodiversity
of the Rocky Intertidal in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
University of California at Santa Cruz. This web site is propaganda for
a biodiversity study at Monterey Bay, but it does have some photographs
and information about some of the plants and animals found in the intertidal
zone of the bay.
Introduction
to Marine Botany. Judith Connor and Ben Hale, Hopkins Marine Station.
A field course and Stanford University of the algae of Monterey Bay, and
the habitats they occur in.
Marine
Biology - Intertidal Life. A large collection of pictures and information
about plants and animals found in the intertidal zone of the Pacific Northwest.
Algae:
The Forgotten Treasure of Tidepools. F. Perez, C. Kjeldsen, and J.
Hughley. A wonderful gallery of photographs of Rhodophyta (red algae),
Phaeophyta (brown algae), and Chlorophyta (green algae) from the tidepools
of California. The site also has a little information about each group
and each of the genera illustrated.
1996
Marine Botany Course. Judith Connor and Ben Hale, Hopkins Marine Station.
A field course and Stanford University of the algae of Monterey Bay, and
the habitats they occur in.
Mapping
Intertidal Habitat in Prince Rupert Harbour. Borstad Associates. A
technical paper on the mapping techniques use in delineating the intertidal
habitat of Prince Rupert Harbor in British Columbia.
Intertidal
Trip. A report on a trip to the mudflats of Tom's Cove. Normally this
wouldn't be too exciting, but this site has two redeeming features. The
first is a gallery of some of the animals they found on the trip. The
other is a little game you can play matching the larval stages of several
animal species with the adults. You think this is easy? Just see for yourself. |
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