Expansive intertidal flats often fringe the bays and sounds of the mid-Atlantic coast. Photo by Larry R. 

 Shanks, U.S. Fish and WildUfe Service. 



The intertidal habitat is subjected to physical extremes. In summer, the substrates often become desiccated 

 between tides. Photo by Rhett Talbot, University of South Carolina. 



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