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    This episode of Blue Planet features various coastal ecosystems influenced by tides, including sandy beaches, mudflats, rocky shores, and mangrove swamps. It examines the plants and animals found in each ecosystem and how they are adapted to the daily and monthly tidal cycles. Various species are shown hunting, feeding, hiding from predators, and reproducing in accordance with the ebb and flow of the tides.

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    This episode of Blue Planet features various coastal ecosystems influenced by tides, including sandy beaches, mudflats, rocky shores, and mangrove swamps. It examines the plants and animals found in each ecosystem and how they are adapted to the daily and monthly tidal cycles. Various species are shown hunting, feeding, hiding from predators, and reproducing in accordance with the ebb and flow of the tides.

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    This episode of Blue Planet features various coastal ecosystems influenced by tides, including sandy beaches, mudflats, rocky shores, and mangrove swamps. It examines the plants and animals found in each ecosystem and how they are adapted to the daily and monthly tidal cycles. Various species are shown hunting, feeding, hiding from predators, and reproducing in accordance with the ebb and flow of the tides.

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    Blue Planet DVD – Tidal Seas


    This episode features several types of coastal ecosystems. Keep an eye out for:
    Sandy Beach – Small grains or particles of sediment. May be white, brown, or black.
    Mudflat – Smaller particles of sediment than beaches. Found in sheltered bays and lagoons.
    Rocky Shore – Heavy wave action washes away fine sediments, leaving only large rocks behind.
    Mangrove Swamp – A coastal wetland containing partially submerged trees.

    1. What forces control the strength of the tides?

    2. Describe what makes the finback whales such effective hunters of fish.

    3. What source of food to the sand bubbler crabs take advantage of during low tide?

    a. How exactly do they gather this food source?

    4. Clams will bury themselves in sand in anticipation of the low tide. Why is this behavior so vital
    to their survival?

    5. What two adaptations do the sand snails have that helps them take advantage of the dead fish on
    the shore?

    6. Which type of coastal ecosystem are the knot (wader birds) feeding in?

    a. How are the beaks of the wader birds specifically designed for this type of shore?

    7. Flounders have an extremely unusual body design. Describe


    and relate it to how they hunt and hide from predators.

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    8. How do the sand lancets adapt their behavior to movements of plankton and the tides?

    9. What happens to benthic creatures on rocky shores, such as mussels and barnacles, when the
    tide goes out?

    10. When do the strongest tides occur?

    11. Describe how raccoons are well-adapted for scavenging invertebrates like the red rock crab
    from exposed shoreline.

    12. Bull kelp is a type of seaweed that is able to grow in areas of rapid current. How does it
    survive?

    13. Why do sting rays prefer sheltered areas like the Poor Knight islands?

    14. What do demoiselle fish do during periods of weak current to avoid predation?

    15. The thimble jellyfish have a symbiotic relationship with brown algae. Describe it.
    Is this an example of mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, or competition?

    16. Razor fish bury themselves in the sand for protection. How do bottlenose dolphins find them?

    17. Why do the larger sea predators not hunt during low tide?

    18. The giant horse conch is called a “Ferrari” by the narrator. What is the basis of this analogy?
    19. Why are the hermit crabs so desperate to claim the shell of the tulip snail?

    a. Is this an example of intraspecific or interspecific competition?

    20. How does the composition of the water in mangrove swamps change with the tides?

    a. How do the tarpon adapt to this change?

    21. The Bahamas are low-lying islands that easily flood during a large storm. What happens to the
    ecosystem once the storm is over?

    22. The Caribbean flamingo is one of the few animals that can thrive in brine fields like this. Give
    two ways that it benefits or is adapted to this ecosystem.

    23. Explain how land crabs use the power of the tides to reproduce.

    24. Describe the teamwork strategy employed by the dolphins.

    Discussion Questions

    Identify the correct phylum of each of these invertebrates featured in this episode.

    Species Phylum
    Sand Bubbler Crab
    Clam
    Barnacles
    Thimble Jellyfish
    Soft Coral
    Giant Horse Conch
    Tulip Snail
    Hermit Crab

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