THE MARINE INTERTIDAL ZONE see“Fun Facts" LOOKING FOR YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE? We an help you fnd an pana rip to see ay of thes increibie marine intertiat ones aoss he gle INTERTIDAL ZONES? lnm more See "Flora" on the next page Intertidal zone creatures INTER & TIDALWHAT IS THE MARINE INTERTIDAL ZONE? ‘The Marne inter Zane i defined te tea high tide Depending on he body af water re rain intertda zone can sometimes etch for ries! Te zane i alang every singe beach nthe rl, ecause every teas has a Ue that grows an recedes during the ey. ‘Werle Map of intertidal Zones Across the Globe uate ‘ne western te tertiles an be creme, The aang water temperature 29 Fange tram extremely hat te below reezing tomoderste. The average ange ofa temperature is fom 75" to 102" The Inter one des nave seasons Te ner {eal tone ha hot ang ham summers Iroderate springs ane als ad cal has trimers The major weather patterns al weather ees fm tat of te suburban Sst we ive in Because te ere roe Laguna Beach mn caltor reeves a {E53 inches af falls yea andere 3839 cesunated $5 days of anal FAUNA ‘Mucho this environments washed by Utes evry dy, sate organisms native ner veto adapted tly ‘ranges in meiste temperate taralence, ane herone, haves, black faced benny tl sa ly, eab, fer cab perma, hsseshoe rb, Lies oyster purple ea urchin, sf, sa uri, srmp sna whe and 2oplanton Seagrass ke ut grates (Prlspssi spp) and felgrasses Zastera mz ate the only sadmerged angesperms (wen plants) fund nthe ocean, Seagraves ae fen abundant in inertial aess, (the flora nce: aie slse, sa potate, commen racked, guled, sea palm and oat weed. Seaweeds have acaped ove the yeas: that they dont equ ets in order to grove kt pants on Land FUN FACTS! Phe nee zone was the ile for orien staring Bab Sponge wich tater became the popua atoen eo, Spangeton SausePant ‘another name fr te ItertidlEcsytem ieealee "Tide Poot 3. Te ntertia Ecosystem plays ay ele in Teeding oat ofthe ocean Ue 4. The animals Lving there ae some ofthe toughest onthe pane becaue they mt LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO SPEND YOUR NEXT VACATION? 4 Vi % a De Primary Praducers Seaweed, Prylplanicen, Zooplankton 15 Primary Consumers Flat Perivinke, ‘commen Linge, ear Barnacle, Prawn 15 Secondary Conumer: Common Do Whe Fable Cab, Hering Gul We Sranny Top ansumer: Hering Gul symaiosis 1 Limgetsa type of gastoped survive oof Caran cust algae own 38 {latvamorphim Tne relsvansip beter ‘he os known uals. The limpet Sete conta source af food andthe age Senetts omnis surface being cleaned o key sate This eae te sake {ram being aught in vaves ane being pushed up utr on te shore o being Due et tea The snails Deeft om thi Suethe platifeseers untfecea Ths ls an fexanpie of commensalsm, CONTACT US 4 s00123.4567 rmarine@intertidateom vo interétieal.com