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=**__Tide pools.__**= Tide pool- A tide pool is a pool of water that collects between rocks when the tide goes out. The receding seawater and cerain animals in the water get trapped in the low points between the rocks creating a temporary habitat. The animals that reside in tidepools have adapted so that they can live in such a small space.

The tidal pools on the Isle au Haut are teeming with life. The pools may look bleak and lifeless, but if you lift up some rocks and seaweed you'll find a cornucopia of marine life that done made them pools their home. At the beach we went to, the rocks to go over to get down to the tide pools are slippery. When going down to the pools you need to be careful so you don't slip and fall on your bum. The tide pools we looked at mainly contained sea fleas, limpets, mushrooms, small sand crabs, snails, and mussels.

Animals we collected in the tide pools. More animals we done collected. Sea Urchin on the microscope.

Tidal Zones Mid Tide Zone - goose barnacles, mussels, chitons, sea sacks, and ochre stars High Tide Zone - periwinkles, limpets, shore crabs, and turban snails Splash Zone- periwinkles, and limpets Low tide zone- [|abalone], [|anemones], [|brown seaweed], [|chitons], [|crabs], [|green algae], [|hydroids], [|isopods], [|limpets], [|mussels], [|nudibranchs], [|sculpin], [|sea cucumber], [|sea lettuce], [|sea palms], [|sea stars], [|sea urchins], [|shrimp], [|snails], [|sponges], [|surf grass], [|tube worms], and [|whelks].