intertidal
of or relating to the littoral region that is above the low-water mark and below the high-water mark.
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Glenner wonders if any barnacles in crowded, intertidal environments might also be capable of movement.
Barnacles are famed for not budging. But one species roams its sea turtle hosts | Jake Buehler | October 14, 2021 | Science NewsUp to a dozen robomussels were glued next to live mussels on rocks in the intertidal zone.
Common parasite may help mussels survive heat waves | Sid Perkins | June 16, 2021 | Science News For StudentsBecause some chemicals in Marib Light—the oil on board the Safer—are water soluble, a spill would probably affect intertidal and deep-sea corals too.
A Rusting Oil Tanker Off the Coast of Yemen Is an Environmental Catastrophe Waiting to Happen. Can Anyone Prevent It? | Joseph Hincks | May 14, 2021 | TimeWith the rats gone, “we saw these very swift rebounds of the bird populations, and a very swift response to that in the intertidal, with our grazers disappearing and our kelp numbers growing very rapidly,” says Kurle.
How scientists helped Alaska’s “Rat Island” shake off its namesake rodents | Ellie Shechet | March 10, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe periwinkle is a small marine snail commonly found in coastal, intertidal areas of the northeastern United States and Maritime Provinces of Canada.
14 wild edibles you can pull right out of the ocean | By Bob McNally/Field & Stream | October 19, 2020 | Popular-Science
Dimly I could see the intertidal creatures darting away from my feet.
The Island of Doctor Moreau | H. G. Wellsintertidal, in-tėr-tī′dal, adj. living between low-water and high-water mark.
Limpet, lim′pet, n. a small shellfish which clings to intertidal rocks.
British Dictionary definitions for intertidal
/ (ˌɪntəˈtaɪdəl) /
of or relating to the zone of the shore between the high-water mark and low-water mark
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Scientific definitions for intertidal
[ ĭn′tər-tīd′l ]
Relating to the region between the high tide mark and the low tide mark.
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