intertidal zone

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Found in the Australian intertidal zone, the isopod also represents a completely new genus.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025

Those precise measurements show that at high tide, an intertidal zone can easily vary one or two centimeters in height within a single day.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2024

An enormous intertidal zone touch tank is the main attraction and is filled with Salish Sea residents, including sand rose anemones, giant green anemones, sea stars and kelp crabs.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2024

The sensors have also revealed how, during summers, the upwelling of cold water along Europe’s coast—the bane of beach-goers—can help cool the intertidal zone.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 1, 2023

With each tidal cycle, the intertidal zone alternates between being inundated with water and left high and dry.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013