The rocky intertidal zone is an area of the seashore between the high and low tide marks with a hard substrate for organisms to move on. The organisms in this habitat face biotic and abiotic factors that determine their distribution and abundance through a biological mechanism called vertical zonation. I studied the rocky intertidal zone of La Islita near Cuajiniquil, Costa Rica in an effort to find the species that are present in this habitat and their relative abundance throughout the zone. I surveyed five transects that spanned the majority of La Islita to find where and in what abundance each species is present. There are a total of 28 species that I found, with most showing distinct distributional patterns of where they live in the roc...
Coastal ecosystems are complex and species rich, but are vulnerable to degradation from a variety of...
The encrusting communities under two boulder fields (Praia Grande and Ponta do Baleeiro) were monito...
<p>(A) Average body length of the most common invertebrates found living inside or embedded next to ...
The rocky intertidal zone is an area of the seashore between the high and low tide marks with a hard...
The intertidal rocky shore of Bahía Panama, within Bahía Culebra in the North Pacific coast of Costa...
A central goal of ecology is to understand the causes of spatial and temporal variation in the compo...
Organisms found on rocky shores must endure harsh environmental conditions during tidal changes but ...
Rocky reefs maintain a high diversity of organisms. Differences in fish community could be expected ...
The vertical distribution and abundance of conspicuous gastropod and bivalve species were studied at...
This study was carried out in the intertidal zone in the Escalante Chacocente River Wildlife Refuge,...
Intertidal habitats, and more specifically tide pools, can provide an excellent system for investiga...
Ecosystem engineers can modify habitat, creating structural microhabitats. This structural complexit...
The distribution and substrate preferences by the gastropods Cerithidea montagnei spp. were studied ...
Due to their extreme variations in condition over the course of a day, intertidal zones are challeng...
After years of over-exploitation of the Gulf of Nicoya, the Marine Area of Responsible Artisanal Fis...
Coastal ecosystems are complex and species rich, but are vulnerable to degradation from a variety of...
The encrusting communities under two boulder fields (Praia Grande and Ponta do Baleeiro) were monito...
<p>(A) Average body length of the most common invertebrates found living inside or embedded next to ...
The rocky intertidal zone is an area of the seashore between the high and low tide marks with a hard...
The intertidal rocky shore of Bahía Panama, within Bahía Culebra in the North Pacific coast of Costa...
A central goal of ecology is to understand the causes of spatial and temporal variation in the compo...
Organisms found on rocky shores must endure harsh environmental conditions during tidal changes but ...
Rocky reefs maintain a high diversity of organisms. Differences in fish community could be expected ...
The vertical distribution and abundance of conspicuous gastropod and bivalve species were studied at...
This study was carried out in the intertidal zone in the Escalante Chacocente River Wildlife Refuge,...
Intertidal habitats, and more specifically tide pools, can provide an excellent system for investiga...
Ecosystem engineers can modify habitat, creating structural microhabitats. This structural complexit...
The distribution and substrate preferences by the gastropods Cerithidea montagnei spp. were studied ...
Due to their extreme variations in condition over the course of a day, intertidal zones are challeng...
After years of over-exploitation of the Gulf of Nicoya, the Marine Area of Responsible Artisanal Fis...
Coastal ecosystems are complex and species rich, but are vulnerable to degradation from a variety of...
The encrusting communities under two boulder fields (Praia Grande and Ponta do Baleeiro) were monito...
<p>(A) Average body length of the most common invertebrates found living inside or embedded next to ...