GENERAL INTEREST

Chadwick, D. H. "What Good is a Tidepool?" Audubon 99.3 (May–June 1997): 50–59. Tide pools are a microcosm of the oceans and a great place to learn about nature.

Holloway, M. "Ancient Rituals on the Atlantic Coast." Scientific American 286.3 (Mar. 2002): 94–97. In early summer, hordes of horseshoe crabs spawn on beaches of the North American Atlantic coast during spring tides. Hungry shorebirds follow to feast on the eggs.

Horn, M. H. and R. N. Gibson. "Intertidal Fishes." Scientific American 258.1 (Jan. 1988): 64–70. This article describes the ways in which fishes have adapted to the rigorous demands of the intertidal.

Mangin, K. "A Pox on the Rocks." Natural History 99.6 (June 1990): 50–53. In Mexico a recently discovered hydroid, a relative of jellyfishes, kills young barnacles, which makes way for seaweeds and limpets.

Robles, C. "Turf Battles in the Tidal Zone." Natural History 105.7 (July 1996): 24–27. During their nighttime forays into the intertidal zone, spiny lobsters gobble up mussels and make way for a luxurious carpet of seaweeds.

Winston, J. E. "Intertidal Space Wars." Sea Frontiers 36.1 (Jan./Feb.1990): 46–51. An examination of the battle for space among intertidal invertebrates.

Wolcott, T. G. and D. L. Wolcott. "Wet Behind the Gills." Natural History 99.10 (Oct. 1990): 46–55. Land and shore crabs carry salt water with them in order to breathe.

IN DEPTH

Booth, D. J. and D. M. Brosnan. "The Role of Recruitment Dynamics in Rocky Shore and Coral Reef Fish Communities." Advances in Ecological Research 26 (1995): 309–385.

McLachlan, A. and E. Jaramillo. "Zonation on Sandy Beaches." Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 33 (1995): 305–335.

Menge, B. A. and G. M. Branch. "Rocky Intertidal Communities." In: Marine Community Ecology (M. D. Bertness, S. D. Gaines, and M. E. Hay, eds.) (2001): 221–251. Sinauer, Sunderland, Mass.

Power, M. E., D. Tilman, J. A. Estes, B. A. Menge, W. J. Bond, L. S. Mills, G. Daily, J. C. Castilla, J. Lubchenco and R. T. Paine. "Challenges in the Quest for Keystones." BioScience 46 (1996): 609–620.