He and other marine experts found significant reductions in a type of sea worm and in the variety of intertidal fauna.
Carl Hubbs, marine biology professor emeritus at La Jolla's Scripps Institution, predicted "a complete destruction of life in the intertidal regions along the shore for 20 miles .
While atolls burst with color, these intertidal forests are distinguished by exposed roots, mucky water and clouds of mosquitoes.
Maine developing plan to manage rockweed harvest Rockweed in Cape Elizabeth. Rockweed, which grows in the ocean's intertidal zone, provides food, shelter and a spawning habitat for a wide variety of animals and organisms including lobsters, mussels, snails, periwinkles and fish.
June 10, 2013 - The Lewiston Sun Journal
David Jablonski in Scientist Live They're known from the shallowest intertidal zone to the deepest of the deep sea,Jablonski said of the bivalves, a group that includes clams, scallops and oysters. "They're known in every latitude, from the north polar ocean to the...