The Rocky shore is a common habitat in the intertidal area of New Zealand coast line. The Rocky Shore has many different areas or zones that makes up the habitat including the intertidal zone, Splash zone, Subtidal and Supratidal zone.
It contains many different types of creatures and wildlife and diversity.
The Splash zone is high above the high tide mark.
The Splash zone is only gets covered in the storms and the king tide. Other times it can be moistened by breaking waves. Plants and creatures that are in the Splash zone are exposed to varying temperatures from high temperatures from the sun causing dry out, and coldness from cold temperatures.
The Intertidal zone is between the lowest tide and the highest tide. It has divided into 3 zones High tide zone Middle tide zone and low tide zone. An Intertidal zone has lots of living creatures that live in the Intertidal zone. The Intertidal zone is completely submerged in the cold salt water. This zone is also known to contain Tidal pools and many more.
Subtidal or sublittoral zone is the area directly under the Intertidal zone is below the low tide mark . It is permanently covered by water. It The Rocky Shore is a common habitat in the Intertidal zone in New Zealand coast line.The Rocky Shore has many different types of zones including Intertidal zone. The Intertidal zone has 3 types of zones that is High tide zone, middle tide zone and low tide zone.Another zone is Supratidal or Splash Zone.The last one I write about is Subtidal zone and it is directly under the Intertidal zone.The Rocky Shore is a great place to visit and study.s more stable then the Intertidal zone. Organisms do not therefore dry out and grow much faster.
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