Marine Intertidal Invertebrates
Coletti H. 2011. Marine Intertidal Invertebrates
Marine invertebrates provide a critical prey resource for shorebirds, ducks, fish, bears, sea otters, and other marine invertebrate predators. Benthic invertebrates are ecologically diverse in both habitat and trophic requirements, have a wide range of physiological tolerances and feeding modes, are relatively sedentary, and have short generation times. Changes in species composition, abundance, contaminant levels, and biomass of intertidal invertebrates can indicate important changes in the coastal ecosystems of which they are a part and can have effects that cascade to other trophic levels.
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Authors
- Coletti, Heather
- Date of Issue
- 2011-10
- Units
- KATM , KEFJ , LACL , SWAN
- Keywords
- Marine Community, soft sediment
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Intertidal Communities