• The supralittoral zone, also known as the splash zone, spray zone or the supratidal zone, sometimes also referred to as the white zone, is the area above...
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    the supralittoral zone, the eulittoral zone, and the sublittoral zone. The supralittoral zone (also called the splash, spray or supratidal zone) is the...
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    (Trebouxiophyceae) is terrestrial, and Prasiola crispa, which live in the supralittoral zone, is terrestrial and can in the Antarctic form large carpets on humid...
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    water creates zonation patterns along rocky shores from high to low-tide. The area above the high-tide mark is the supralittoral zone which is virtually...
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    about 200 metres (660 ft). Above the neritic zone lie the intertidal (or eulittoral) and supralittoral zones; below it the continental slope begins, descending...
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    which is armoured with pebbles or small- to medium-sized cobbles Supralittoral zone – Area above the spring high tide line that is regularly splashed...
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    along the rocky shores from high to low-tide. They are: The supralittoral zone or splash zone: area above the high-tide mark, which is virtually a terrestrial...
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  • zone occurs when lowering heavy loads into water. Splash zone may also refer to the supralittoral zone, the area above a high-tide line. Splash Zone may...
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    silica rich types (HS). It is characteristically found in the mesic supralittoral zone or above Verrucaria maura (tar lichens). It can be distinguished from...
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    siliceous rocks and limestone – in the lower supralittoral zone, an area also known as the splash zone. Originally described more than two centuries...
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    Peninsula. It is tolerant of saline conditions and often occupies the supralittoral zone along rocky coastlines affected by sea spray. "Muelleriella crassifolia...
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    traditional sampling efforts. Its habitat includes littoral and supralittoral zones such as those in mangroves and estuaries. Excavated mud from their...
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    species is highly tolerant to immersion in saltwater, and inhabits the supralittoral zone. Armadillidium album reproduces sexually, with a summer reproductive...
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  • growing on coastal granite on overhanging rock faces in the lower supralittoral zone. It has a whitish-grey, crustose thallus that often joins with neighbouring...
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    shallower waters including one specimen found in deposits of the supralittoral zone. The proximity to the shore is apparent due to the presence of terrestrial...
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    complex of coastal ecosystems, comprising the flora of the rocks and supralittoral zone — Sargent's juniper [ru] (Juniperus chinensis subsp. sargentii), Japanese...
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    on vertical surfaces. It typically grows in the lower part of the supralittoral zone within a narrow vertical range. The species often occupies locations...
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    illumination Subduction zone – Convergent tectonic plate boundaries where one plate moves under the other Supralittoral zone – The area above the spring...
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    preferred natural habitat of P. braconnieri is sandy soil in both the supralittoral zone and forest, at altitudes of 15–80 m (49–262 ft). P. braconnieri has...
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    Variospora thallincola typically grows in the mesic to submesic-supralittoral zones. It prefers north-facing rock surfaces that are shaded. The lichen...
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  • Flavoplaca arcisproxima is known from maritime sites, usually in the supralittoral zone. It prefers base-rich, hard siliceous rocks, such as diabase, and...
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    temperature. Because of the relatively extreme conditions of the supralittoral zone, crustose lichens are the only organisms capable of colonizing these...
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    Milton Storr. The preferred natural habitats of C. storri are the supralittoral zone, shrubland, savanna, and forest, at altitudes from sea level to 200 m...
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    reassigned to the genus, Bellorchestia. It is found only in the supralittoral zones of Tasmania's coastlines. "Occurrence Bellorchestia marmorata (Haswell...
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    Bernier Island. The natural habitat of S. rankini is shrubland in the supralittoral zone. S. rankini may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6.3 cm (2.5 in)...
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  • ecologist Paul Dutton. The preferred natural habitat of S. duttoni is the supralittoral zone and dunes, at altitudes of 1–25 m (3.3–82.0 ft). S. duttoni has no...
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    Ovatella myosotis (Draparnaud, 1801) – amphibiotic species, lives in supralittoral zone, sometimes listed among the terrestrial molluscs, sometimes among...
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    a wide variety of natural and artificial habitats, including the supralittoral zone, shrubland, savanna, forest, gardens, and farmland, at altitudes up...
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  • Stewart Island, as well as on Lord Howe. It has been recorded from the supralittoral zone of beaches, beneath stones, in forest plant litter and in bird nests...
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  • preferred natural habitats of T. celiae are caves, forest, and the marine supralittoral zone at an altitude of 3 m (9.8 ft). T. celiae is distinguished from other...
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