Written by guest blogger Chris Butler-Minor, Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary | OlympicCoast.noaa. While you’re out at the coast, look up and out too! National marine sanctuaries are some of the best places in the world to see wildlife, including birds and marine mammals.Ĭheckout our Wildlife Watching Calendar for best times tips for seeing and protecting sanctuary animals and Wildlife Viewing guidelines, then take the pledge for wildlife #WildSanctuaries. Look up, too! Can you spot the sea lions? You may tear off its feet or squeeze its organs. Rough or excessive handling hurts animals.Leaving a rock “belly-up” is almost a sure way to kill any animals that were living on its underside or those that dwell on its upper side. If you want to peek under a rock, put it back the way it was when you’re done.They’re not as slippery and you’ll avoid stepping on the animals and plants that cling to these surfaces. It’s important to remember that up-close encounters with intertidal plants and animals require all visitors to be respectful of them and their habitat by practicing tidepool etiquette. When and where you look will influence what you see.ĭownload our invertebrates Field Guide: Marine Animals of the Rocky Intertidal Zone to help you identify what you see! Be a Thoughtful Tidepooler Many species adapt to these harsh conditions by living within one of the intertidal zones. Its inhabitants must be able to survive under the extreme conditions of the mixed semidiurnal tidal cycle, that is two high and two low tides of unequal size each day. The intertidal zone is the area that’s covered with the ocean during high tides and exposed to sun, wind, and rain during low tides. Scientists have identified over 300 resident species of aquatic plants, invertebrates, and fish that live along this coastline. It’s the combination of a moderate climate and the energy of the sea that create ideal conditions for abundant and diverse intertidal species. Olympic National Park: Touch of the Tide Pool, Crack of the Glacier (Volume 5) (Adventures with the Parkers, 5) Olympic National Park Touch of the Tide Pool. ![]() At the rocky edge of the water in the intertidal zone, where the ocean meets the land, is a dynamic habitat teeming with life - Here’s our guide for tidepooling on the Olympic Peninsula, WA. When thinking of visiting a beach, we often envision an endless strip of sand just waiting for our toes to snuggle into, but along the coast of the Olympic Peninsula and specifically along the boundary of NOAA’s Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary our shorelines offer so much more! Not only do we have sandy beaches, we have rocky shorelines too.
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