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Monitoring Rocky Intertidal Communities

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A USGS scientist collects information on intertidal communities during low tide at Takli Island. The purpose of the collection is to estimate percent cover and densities of intertidal invertebrates and algae to assess change in communities from sheltered rocky shorelines.

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Public Domain.

Photo taken by Laura McDuffie, U.S. Geological Survey

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