Tide pools provide an excellent educational opportunity. Ironically these visitors adversely impact the very resource they are coming to see. What is the impact on human visitation on tide pools? How can me mitigate those impacts? Is the educational opportunity worth the impact to the tide pool habitat?
2006-10-21 08:53:52 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment
Most are work of nature, but I've seen some pretty good tide pools that were in abandoned concrete pier structures.
Humans (kids in particular) unfortunately tend to pick up, annoy, kill, move, collect the animals living in a tide pool, and the shells. Over a long period of time, this can tend to leave a barren tide pool! (Hermit crabs need those empty shells!). Some people bring dogs, which do all the things listed above.
Some tide pool areas can be set off limits for people and their pets. At our local big marine aquariums, there are artificial tide pools watched over by a docent. She says "look, and touch, but be gentle."
For the educational thing, it might be better to bring the kids to the artificial tide pools at the big marine aquariums.
2006-10-21 09:39:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes education
2006-10-21 08:58:28 · answer #2 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good question, and it applies to a lot of other habitats as well. It comes down to the old maxim: Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints.
2006-10-21 09:17:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nature, and Plate Techtonics
2006-10-21 08:56:45 · answer #4 · answered by Mike 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋