In the Intertidal Zone

The upper zone, also known as the high tide zone, does not have enough water to sustain large amounts of vegetation.[8] The predominant organisms are anemones, barnacles, hermit crabs and limpets. The rock pools in this area are inhabited by large seaweed and small fish.

The Tidal zones consist of splash zone, high water neap tide, low water neap tide, high water spring tide, low water spring tide, mid tide level and the splash zone and sub littoral zone. All of these tidal zones can be determined by which indicator organisms/animals are living there. For an example the splash zone is the highest of all zones and the organisms that are generally living there are noddiwinkles. If you spot a lot of honeycomb barnacles and blue-grey periwinkle’s then you are most likely in the high water tide zone and water only covers this zone at high tide. White tube worms are indictor organism the mid tide level zone and is covered by water for half of the day. There’s also the low tide zone which is engulfed in water for the majority of the day expect at low tide, you can determine this zone by finding indicator organisms such as sea squirts. The final tidal zone is the sub literal zone and this is always under water the indictor organism’s living here are brown tubeworms and striped girdled chiton.

Everything starts to happen on December 1941 in there house in Ocean Park, California. Ocean Park is a small little town that is kind of by Santa Monica, a lot of the people that life there make their living by fishing, and eating what they catch.

To begin with, if I was currently an advocate for the environment and animals I would first focus on the Orcas, or killer whales, at theme parks, specifically Sea World. First of all, Sea World is inhumane. Five of the Orcas currently at sea world were “whale-napped” from the oceans they called home. For example, Tilikum, one of the most know whales in the Sea World franchise, is now thirty-two years old. He was captured at the age of two by, which means he has been in captivity for thirty years. And, before anyone says Tilikum was injured so they “rescued” him I want to say that it is fact that Tilikum was not injured. He was taken from his family and confined to a tiny tank just so people could make a hefty profit. Also, if the Orcas are

Imagine you are at the bottom of the ocean, and there are hydrothermal vents ejecting hot lava. Adding to your misery, there are huge amounts of hydrogen sulfide gas everywhere that are poisonous to your body. In reality, this is the giant tube worm’s ecosystem. Ecosystems are all of the living things (plants/animals) and the non-living things that live in a specific area and interact with each other. Ecosystems can be of any size. In an ecosystem, there are biotic and abiotic components that are all linked. The pelagic zone or “open ocean zone”, where the giant tube worm, an underwater animal that lives near hydrothermal vents, lives is located next to the continental slope/drop off. The water is much deeper here. At the surface, there is

These creatures need not be apex predators. Sea stars are prey for sharks, rays, and sea anemones. Cats and sea otters are prey for raptor birds.

The Supra-littoral zone is one of the harshest terrains for organisms to exist in. The organisms that live in this region are facing problems like gas exchange, desiccation, temperature changes and feeding. It is only covered during storms and extremely high tides and is moistened by the spray of the breaking waves. Organisms are exposed to the drying heat of the sun in the summer and to extreme low temperatures in the winter. Because of these severe conditions, only a few resistant organisms live here. The dominate organisms that reside within this zone are Blue grey Periwinkles. Using Transect lines for over 30m, we evaluated the effects of several factors on this zone, including (1) predation, (2) herbivory, (3) plant—plant competition, (4) plant—animal competition, and (5) physical disturbance from high—energy waves. The interaction having the greatest effect on the structure of this zone was desiccation and high temperatures. However the Blue grey Periwinkle has been specially adapted to the harsh conditions of the dry upper littoral zone. They are able to trap water inside their shell to prevent moisture escaping, and cling to the rock face while the tide is out. As we can see from the abiotic data the temperature at the Supra littoral zone is also very high reaching 25 degrees compared to the other zones reaching only 20 degrees. Furthermore the special adaptations of the Blue Grey Periwinkle allow it to be the most dominant

Did you know that 95% of the deep sea has yet to be explored?. There’s five different zones beginning from the surface to the sea floor. Animals from the deep sea have to withstand and adapt to certain things in order to survive. Light from the deep sea fades within the first couple zones and the only light found from below come from animals themselves. Adaptations are found within the animal and is key to survival. Did you know the ocean has five different zones?.

The Kelp has a rich supply of iodine, calcium, sulfur, and silicon in their tissue. Kelp is also a dietary supplement for humans. Another plant species, The Open-Brain Coral, also contributes to the ocean floor. The Open- Brain Coral is found in major coral reefs of the world. This specific type of coral looks like a human brain that was split open. They feed after sunset, and eat many types of small creatures with tentacles. There are also various types of seaweed in many sorts of types of colors. The Red Algae is one of the old types of algae in the ocean. It contains over 7,000 species. There are various different types of animals that lie beneath the ocean floor. Then there are many different types of creatures. The Clownfish is a rare fish that reaches 4.3 inches in length. There are about 30 known species of Clownfish. All are born male, but have the ability to switch their sex, but only to become the dominant female of the group. The Giant Tube Worms reach up to 8 feet in length and 1.6 inches in diameter. They grow rapidly and quickly. They don’t have eyes, mouth, stomach, or legs, so they crawl to get around. They can survive in complete darkness, on dept of 5.280 feet. Tube Worms live in symbiosis, a mutually beneficial

As the rocky intertidal shore is the fringe between the terrestrial zone and the marine zone, it is not uncommon to find that the elevation of the rocky shore increases as it moves inland. This is evident in Figure 1(A), as the 0m mark marks the portion of the sampling site that is in the water and just before the rocky shore and the 10m mark is the highest point of the sampling site and the closest mark to the terrestrial zone. Due to this change in elevation, three zones have been able to be identified in the intertidal zone and these help with distinguishing which animals and plants will be found along the rocky shore. The low intertidal zone and the high intertidal zone are the two zones that are the most extreme when it comes to physical factors. The low intertidal zone has to deal with constant wave action and the high intertidal zone has to deal with large expanses of exposure to air, which makes it less desirable to marine life that are unable to adapt to a more terrestrial life (Moreira, n.d.).

The anglerfish lives down in the abyssal zone of the deep zone. This is roughly 4000m-6000m deep and is the bottom layer of the ocean with almost freezing water and intense pressure form the adaptations of the anglerfish. This far down in the sea means there is none or very little sunlight making it impossible for fish to see. Oxygen is also an important factor for the anglerfish. At the bottom of the ocean, oxygen is relatively scarce. The majority of oxygen at bottom depths of the ocean is brought in by very cold and relatively fresh (less salt) currents that start near the north and

One of the organisms I have chosen, the Red Waratah anemone (Actinia tenebrosa) was found in the mid tide zone and the low tide zone. This anemone is the main prey of the predator Grey side-gilled sea slug, which is the other organism I have chosen,

The ocean is one of, if not, the largest biome on earth. There are more than one million species of marine life. Covering over 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, the ocean is our planet’s largest habitat, containing 99 percent of the living space on the planet. This area holds the life of nearly 50 percent of all species on Earth. Like lakes, oceans are subdivided into separate zones: intertidal, pelagic, abyssal, and benthic. All four zones have a great diversity of species. The intertidal zone is the region along the shoreline between average low tide and average high tide. In other words, this region goes through cycles of submergence and exposure to air. Animals in this zone must be able to survive the extended periods

The Atlantic Ocean. It is one of the five oceans in the world. It is home to many fish and other creatures. It is one of the five oceans that actually intrigue me. My questions were, How big is the ocean itself, what life lives here, and the trade routes of this ocean.

When referring to Arizona’s water Kris Mayes, chairwoman of the state’s utility regulatory panel once said, “How do you say just how valuable water is in an arid state like Arizona?” she said. “It’s like the credit-card commercial-it’s priceless” (McKinnon). She was right, because in a dry state like Arizona, water is pretty important. To say water is ‘pretty important’ for the world is an understatement. We use water to function. And when we think of water we think of saving it. Keep the faucets from dripping or turn off the water while brushing your teeth. There are numerous tips for water conservation, but people don’t often think of the damage that is already done. Damages like ‘dead zones’. Dead zones in the ocean have been around for