Upper, Middle, and Lower Intertidal Zones
Are the organisms in the upper intertidal zone adapted to air exposure?
True
What means "slow sinking"
What is "subsiding"?
How are they (rocky shores) characterized by?
What is "by steep slopes and minimal sediment accumulation, making them unsuitable for burrowing"?
What are all the biological factors in the intertidal as mentioned in the powerpoint?
Competition, predator-prey, and symbiosis
Which zone is covered by many different species of seaweeds that form a thick carpet on the rocks?
The lower intertidal zones.
What is the regular replacement of species by others in each area?
What is "ecological succession"?
How are they (rocky shores) formed by?
What is "by geological processes such as uplifting, volcanic activity, or erosion of softer rocks"?
What experiments involve moving an organism or organisms to different levels of the intertidal zone?
Transplantation experiments
Can predators and prey both reach the upper intertidal zone?
No, only a few predators can.
What is the pattern of banding caused by intertidal organisms growing only at a particular height within the intertidal
What is "vertical zonation"?
What are animals lviing on the surface of the substrate of rocky shores identified as?
What is "epifauna"?
What experiments are used to find a species' lower boundary?
Removal experiments
Can some organisms completely dominate the lower zones?
False
What is a predatory species whose effects on its community are proportionately much greater than its abundance?
What is "keystone predator"?
How are rocky intertidal communities usually divided into?
What is "distinct bands, or zones"
While caging experiments do allow for the study of organisms in their own environment, what else are they known for?
Whereas in a diurnal tide, the organisms are exposed once a day, whereas in a semidiurnal tide, the organisms are exposed twice a day.
What is a gas-filled bladder in seaweeds?
What is "pneumatocyst"?
How are rocky shores formed?
What is "by geological processes like uplifting, volcanic activity, or erosion of softer rocks"
Have transportation, removal, and caging experiments only become an effective tool for ecologists only in the intertidal?
No, as they have become an important tool for ecologists not only in the intertidal but in many other environments, as they're so effective.