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Wikipedia:The intertidal region is an important model systems for the study of ecology, especially on wave-swept rocky shores. The region contains a high diversity of species, and the different zones caused by the physics of the tides causes species ranges to be compressed into very narrow bands. This makes it relatively simple to study species across their entire cross-shore range, something that can be extremely difficult in, for instance, terrestrial habitats that can stretch thousands of kilometers. Communities on wave-swept shores also have high turnover due to disturbance, so it is possible to watch ecological succession over years rather than decades.
halemanō;5607407:I went to your web page linked above. I decided to check out the first dive site on your list; Sharks Cove. I was almost immediately shocked and offended. :shocked2:
How can you sit there over 2,500 miles away and recommend walking on the tide flats as a possible entry, especially when only a few sentences later you print this?
It's all Lava Rock. Your not destroying anything walking on it. The path you take isn't actually tide flats. I also used to live on Oahu. Believe me I know... The tide flats are right where the elevator shaft starts... So again You don't actually walk on tide flats for that entry...
Wikipedia:High and mid tide zone
The high tide zone is flooded for hours during each high tide. Organisms must survive wave action, currents, and exposure to the sun. The high tide zone is inhabited by sea anemones, seastars, chitons, crabs, green algae, and mussels. Marine algae can provide shelter for such organisms as nudibranchs and hermit crabs. The same waves and currents that make the life in the high tide zone so difficult bring food to the filter feeders and other intertidal animals.
also if we're nitpicking, the site you list as "electric beach" is in reality "Kahe point", electric beach is the fenced in area north of Kahe point, no one dives there since there's nothing really to see there
(still banging my head against the wall wondering why people can come here and change the names of our dive and surf spots)