dynamic intertidal residents
the rocky intertidal is among the most dynamic, harshest places on Earth to live. constant (twice daily!) extreme fluctuations between wet and dry, salty and saltier, cold and hot, dim and bright... not to mention that often when it is wet an intertidal organism is submerged underwater, but when it is dry the organism is exposed to open air, and when it rains that pushes the boundaries of halotolerance in the opposite direction as usual... and waves crash constantly... and rocks and other debris get tossed around. it's pretty amazing that these things can live here.
seen on Kumeyaay land.
dynamic intertidal residents
the rocky intertidal is among the most dynamic, harshest places on Earth to live. constant (twice daily!) extreme fluctuations between wet and dry, salty and saltier, cold and hot, dim and bright... not to mention that often when it is wet an intertidal organism is submerged underwater, but when it is dry the organism is exposed to open air, and when it rains that pushes the boundaries of halotolerance in the opposite direction as usual... and waves crash constantly... and rocks and other debris get tossed around. it's pretty amazing that these things can live here.
seen on Kumeyaay land.