Somewhat drab and unassuming, the humble rockweed’s olive-green or yellowish-brown appearance belies its importance in the rocky intertidal zone. “It’s considered a foundation species,” UC Santa ...

Logs are a familiar sight on the beaches along the coast of Vancouver Island and Haida Gwaii and are often viewed positively, ...

Discover how driftwood logs are causing the widespread destruction of rocky intertidal ecosystems communities along the coast ...

Hydrodynamic forces produced by breaking waves make the rocky intertidal zone one of the most physically stressful environments on the planet, and for many ecological studies, it is important to ...

1. The relationship between body size (W), number of species, and population density (D) was investigated in tropical intertidal communities on the Pacific coast of Panama to address two main ...

Somewhat drab and unassuming, the humble rockweed’s olive-green or yellowish-brown appearance belies its importance in the rocky intertidal zone. “It’s considered a foundation species,” UC Santa ...

A bit of exploration of the rocky intertidal zone near Shaman Island yielded lots of big sea stars (mostly five-armed), little green sea urchins, and tiny snails (periwinkles or margarites? I’m never ...

A trip at low tide to one or our rocky intertidal sites always yields an array of pleasures and some treasures. Maybe I’ll see my favorite bright red hermit crab! Or find an Aristotle’s lantern —the ...

Life abounds in our rocky tide pools. Labor Day weekend is often summer’s last hurrah – or at least our last chance to participate in those uniquely summer pastimes. So we thought we’d go out with ...

Four researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography earned state grants to study how climate change is shifting conditions on the Pacific Coast, from crumbling cliffs to vibrant tide pools.

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