We were exploring the intertidal zone — that extraordinary ... from colourful coral reefs to thick eelgrass beds. Yet this seemingly unassuming beach, in a tiny bay off an island in the Salish ...

Dr. Randall Hughes and Dr. David Kimbro study oyster reefs, salt marshes ... creatures that inhabit the intertidal zone.

But despite its apparent lethargy,Pisaster ochraceus serves as a top predator of the intertidal zone—tiger of the tide pool—though it lacks anything like a brain. Sarah Ann Thompson ...

The eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) is an ecosystem engineer that creates intertidal reefs, filters water, promotes denitrification, stabilizes shorelines, and provides habitat throughout the ...

Spanning nearly a quarter of a million kilometres, Canada’s coastlines are home to one of the toughest habitats for any creature to live in: the intertidal zone, a place where the ocean meets ...

However, we also found that several factors, especially tourism and infrastructure development, have had a negative impact on the biodiversity in the intertidal zones of coastal areas. We also ...