Factors that Influence Biodiversity in the Intertidal Zone

 

Jan Hodder

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 2015, Volume 36

Abstract

This laboratory exercise is designed to be undertaken in the marine rocky intertidal. It tests two hypotheses related to diversity, abundance and physical disturbance by collecting data on the types and numbers of organisms found living under two different size boulders in two areas of the rocky intertidal. Students work in groups to collect the data and then share data with others to analyze the data to test the hypotheses.

Keywords:  diversity, marine, disturbance, abundance, intertidal, field exercise

University of Oregon (2014)