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Rocky Shore Habitats. Annie Russell. School of Marine Science and Technology. Aims for today. What are the factors that affect the distribution of an organism on the rocky shore? How have the organisms become adapted to the rocky shore?
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Rocky Shore Habitats Annie Russell
Aims for today • What are the factors that affect the distribution of an organism on the rocky shore? • How have the organisms become adapted to the rocky shore? • From your observations of the organisms on the rocky shore give specific examples of how the organisms observed have adapted to survive the rocky shore environment.
Polar oceans Coral reef Marine habitats Rocky Shores Deep sea oceans Open oceans
Rocky Shore Habitat What are the factors that affect the distribution of an organism on the rocky shore?
Biotic and Abiotic factors Distinguish between Biotic and Abiotic factors. The biotic factors are the influences that result from the activities of living organisms in the community eg. competition Abiotic (physical factors) are the influences of the non-living part of the community e.g.. Climate