intertidal

intertidal
adjective Date: 1883 of, relating to, or being the part of the littoral zone above low-tide mark • intertidally adverb

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  • intertidal — intertidal, ale, aux [ ɛ̃tɛrtidal, o ] adj. • 1921; angl. intertidal, de tide « marée » ♦ Didact. Zone intertidale : zone d oscillation de la marée. ⇒ estran; intercotidal. intertidal, ale, aux [ɛ̃tɛʀtidal, o] adj. ÉTYM. 1921, in Höfler; angl.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • intertidal — 1883, from INTER (Cf. inter ) + TIDAL (Cf. tidal) …   Etymology dictionary

  • intertidal — [in΄tərtīd′ l] adj. of or pertaining to a shore zone bounded by the levels of low and high tide …   English World dictionary

  • Intertidal — eulitoralė statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Litoralės sritis, kurioje vyksta potvyniai ir atoslūgiai. atitikmenys: angl. eulittoral; intertidal zone vok. Eulitoral, n; Intertidal, n; Tidebereich, m rus. верхняя литоральная… …   Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • Intertidal — Litoral (zu lat. litus Ufer, Küste) wird die Uferregion eines Sees oder Flusses wie auch die Küstenregion des Meeres genannt. Dieser zur randlichen, durchlichteten Bodenzone (Benthal) eines Gewässers gehörende Bereich oberhalb der trophischen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • intertidal — /ɪntəˈtaɪdl/ (say intuh tuydl) adjective between the high tide and low tide mark: intertidal sediment …  

  • Intertidal ecology — is the study of intertidal ecosystems, where organisms live between the low and high tide lines. At low tide, the intertidal is exposed (or ‘emersed’) whereas at high tide, the intertidal is underwater (or ‘immersed’). Intertidal ecologists… …   Wikipedia

  • Intertidal spider — Intertidal spiders Badumna insignis Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

  • intertidal, intertidale, intertidaux ou intercotidal, intercotidale, intercotidaux — ● intertidal, intertidale, intertidaux ou intercotidal, intercotidale, intercotidaux adjectif (anglais intertidal, de inter, entre, et tide, marée) Se dit de l espace côtier compris entre les limites extrêmes atteintes par la marée …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Intertidal zone — The intertidal zone (also known as the foreshore) is the area that is exposed to the air at low tide and submerged at high tide, for example, the area between tide marks. This area can include many different types of habitats, including steep… …   Wikipedia

  • intertidal zone — eulitoralė statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Litoralės sritis, kurioje vyksta potvyniai ir atoslūgiai. atitikmenys: angl. eulittoral; intertidal zone vok. Eulitoral, n; Intertidal, n; Tidebereich, m rus. верхняя литоральная… …   Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

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