INTERACTIONS AMONG LIVING

THINGS IN ESTUARIES AND

INTERTIDAL ZONES

JOSEPH LOQUEZ & EUNICE RUIZ

 INTERTIDAL ZONE
The intertidal zone, also known as the foreshore and
seashore, is the area that is above water at low tide,
under water at high tide. This area can include many
different types of animals, such as starfish, sea
urchins, and numerous species of coral. The well-
known area also includes steep rocky cliffs, sandy
beaches, or wetlands. The area can bea narrow
strip as in Pacific lands that have only a narrow tidal
range, or can include many meters of shoreline
where shallow beach slopes interact with high tidal
excursion,
AN EXAMPLE OF A
INTERTIDALZONE
 ORGANISMS
Organisms in the intertidal zone are adapted to an environment of
harsh extremes. Water is available regularly with the tides, but varies
from fresh with rain to highly saline and dry salt with drying between
tidal inundations. The action of waves can dislodge residents from
the littoral zone. With the intertidal zone's high sun, to near freezing
in colder climates. Some microclimates in the littoral zone are
ameliorated by local features and larger plants such as mangroves.
Adaptiation in the littoral zone allows the use of nutrients in high
volume on a regular basis from the sea which is actively moved to
the zone by tides. Edge of habitats, in this case land and sea, are
themselves often significant ecologies, and the littoral zone is a
prime example.
THE BASE OR BODY OF
A LITTORAL ZONE
ESTUARIES An estuary is a partly-enclosed
coastal body of brackish water with
one or more rivers or streams flowing
into it, and with a free connection to
an open sea, Estuaries form a
transition zone between river
enviroments, and maritime
enviroments.
 A BODY OF WATER
THAT IS A "ESTUARY"
 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ABOUT INTERTIDAL ZONE AND
ESTUARIES
ESTUARY FACT:
Most existing estuaries were
formed in the Holocene epoch
with the flooding of river-eroded
or glacially scoured valleys when
the sea level began to rise about
10,000 - 12,000 years ago.
Estuaries are typically classified
according to their
geomorphological features or to
water-circulation patterns.
INTERTIDAL ZONE FACT
And intertidal zone is usually
classified when a typical rocky
shore can be divided into a spray
zone or splasin zone, which is
above the spring high-tide line and
is covered by water only during
storms, and an intertidal zone,
which lies between the high and
low tidal extremes.
 Thank you
for listening
Joseph Loquez and Eunice Ruiz