Editing Tide pool (section)

===Low Tide Zone===
This area is mostly submerged and is exposed only during unusually low tide.<ref name="NPCA Tide pools" /> It usually teems with life and has far more marine vegetation, especially seaweeds. Organisms in this zone do not have to be as well adapted to drying out and temperature extremes. Low tide zone organisms include [[abalone]], anemones, brown seaweed, chitons, crabs, green algae, [[Hydroid (zoology)|hydroids]], [[Isopoda|isopods]], [[limpet]]s, mussels, and sometimes even small [[vertebrates]] such as fish. Seaweeds provide shelter for many animals, like sea slugs and urchins that are too fragile for other zones.<ref name="NPCA Tide pools" /> These creatures can grow to larger sizes because there is more available energy and better water coverage: the water is shallow enough to allow additional sunlight for [[Photosynthesis|photosynthetic]] activity, with almost normal levels of [[salinity]]. This area is also relatively protected from large [[Predation|predators]] because of the wave action and shallow water.