Life at the margins of the continents: an examination of the intertidal marine life of the south Western Cape

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dc.contributor.authorManeveldt, Gavin
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-06T19:45:08Z
dc.date.available2014-08-06T19:45:08Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractImagine surviving in an environment that is neither truly marine nor truly terrestrial. That area just beyond the low-water mark of neap tides along the seashore is an example of just such an environment. The organisms living here have to cope with the combined extremes of both land and sea environments: salt spray, immersion in salt water, emersion in air, drenching by heavy rainfall, heating by the sun, freezing winter temperatures, unstable substrates (such as sand, gravel or boulders), and exposure to strong winds. Just how do they cope? Animals generally find it easier coping in this harsh environment because among other ways, they can simply get up and move when the going gets too tough. Plants (both terrestrial and marine) on the other hand, have to either tolerate, or succumb to it. The following is an account of some of the astonishing ways in which both plants and animals from a typical southwestern Cape shore have evolved to adapt and cope in the harsh environment of the intertidal zone.en_US
dc.description.accreditationWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.identifier.citationManeveldt, G.W. (2010). Life at the margins of the continents: An examination of the intertidal marine life of the south Western Cape. Western, Eastern and Northern Cape Regions Newsletter 5: 9-11en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/1156
dc.language.isoenen_US
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dc.publisherField Guides Association of Southern Africaen_US
dc.rightsThis file may be freely used provided that the source is acknowledged. No commercial distribution of this text is permitted.
dc.status.ispeerreviewedfalse
dc.subjectEmersionen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmenten_US
dc.subjectImmersionen_US
dc.subjectLow-water marken_US
dc.subjectNeap tidesen_US
dc.subjectTypical southwestern Cape shoreen_US
dc.titleLife at the margins of the continents: an examination of the intertidal marine life of the south Western Capeen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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