Overview
Middle Shore
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Nova Scotia Museum
The Middle Shore
(Rockweed Zone)
The Middle Shore (or Rockweed Zone) is covered by seawater about half the time. Plants and animals have more "water" time to feed and breed. Mobile animals travel about during high tide with lots of time to find shelter. Ropey brown rockweeds of several species drape the rocks at low tide, but during high water their air bladders let them float upright, providing lots of water circulation for the creatures underneath.
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Did you visit a seashore and not see anything like this? Try again, within an hour or two of low tide. Imagine that you are a water creature, drowning in the dry air and desperately seeking a cool, wet place to hide. "Dial-a-Tide", 426-5494, or check the yearly Canadian Tides and Current Tables or a local newspaper for high and low tide times predicted by Environment Canada and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
P.S. Rocks are creatures' homes. If you turn one over, please turn it back
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