Intertidal

Définitions de « intertidal »

Intertidal - Adjectif

• Concernant la zone du littoral affectée par les variations des marées, où se produit l'alternance d'immersion et d'émersion.

  Les champs d’algues et les zones intertidales contribuent à la qualité de l’eau, facilitent la décomposition des matières organiques et constituent des sites de frai et d’alevinage.

Étymologie de « intertidal »

Évolution historique de l’usage du mot « intertidal » depuis 1800

Citations contenant le mot « intertidal »

• The property features an intertidal mudflat system considered to be the largest in the world. These mudflats, as well as marshes and shoals, are exceptionally productive and serve as growth areas for many species of fish and crustaceans. The intertidal areas of the Yellow Sea/Gulf of Bohai are of global importance for the gathering of many migratory bird species that use the East Asian-Australasian flyway. Large gatherings of birds, including some of the world's most endangered species, depend on the coastline as a stopover to moult, rest, winter or nest.

• Wild interfamilial Macrocystis x Lessonia specimen. (a) Geographical location of the sympatric M. pyrifera and L. spicata in Mar Brava, Chiloe Island, Chile. (b) Representative landscape of the Macrocystis (blue arrow) and Lessonia (red arrow) assemblages in the intertidal of Mar Brava. (c) Full morphology of the hybrid Macrocystis x Lessonia in the field, pointing out the holdfast with unfused-thick haptera (purple arrow). Inset: ITS1 amplicon pattern on an electrophoresis gel for M. pyrifera (Mp), L. spicata (Lp) and the hybrid (hyb) from this locality. (−): negative control.

Traductions du mot « intertidal »

Sources et ressources complémentaires

• Définitions du Wiktionnaire