tide pool
noun
: a pool of salt water left (as in a rock basin) by an ebbing tide
called also tidal pool
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On Tatoosh Island, Paine’s students continued to examine tide pools, adding or deleting species to see which ones mattered most to the community.
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Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2024
Then the ecologist James Estes documented how sea otters in California’s offshore kelp forests played a keystone role akin to that of starfish in Paine’s tide pools.
—Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2024
An interactive tide pool and a new kids' club launching in May will turn Hotel del Coronado into the ultimate family-friendly summer retreat.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2024
Hikers will walk for a few minutes along the path before heading down stairs that take them to the tide pool access area and bluffs.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2024
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Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2024
Then the ecologist James Estes documented how sea otters in California’s offshore kelp forests played a keystone role akin to that of starfish in Paine’s tide pools.
—Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2024
An interactive tide pool and a new kids' club launching in May will turn Hotel del Coronado into the ultimate family-friendly summer retreat.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2024
Hikers will walk for a few minutes along the path before heading down stairs that take them to the tide pool access area and bluffs.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2024
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“Tide pool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tide%20pool. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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