The rise and fall of tides on a rocky shore can define a volatile habitat for marine life
Rocky shore in Lanzarote, Spain
Rocky beach in Canary Islands
Rocky shore in Batanes, Philippines
Rocky shore in Leblon, Brazil
A rocky shore is an intertidal area of seacoasts where solid rock predominates. Rocky shores are biologically rich environments, and are a useful "natural laboratory" for studying intertidal ecology and other biological processes. Due to their high accessibility, they have been well studied for a long time and their species are well known.[1][2]
- ^ J H Connell, Community Interactions on Marine Rocky Intertidal Shores. 1972. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematic Vol. 3: 169-192
- ^ J. Harrison Stark (1964). The Ecology of Rocky Shores. English Universities Press, London.