A group of university students study the zonation pattern of animals and plants on a marine rock platform, and the various physical and biological factors contributing to their distribution. At the highest tide level are blue periwinkles; then the barnacle zone, the worm zone and at low tide level, the cunjevoizone and then kelps. The ways in which various creatures protect themselves against dessication from sun and wind and against being washed off the rocks are shown.
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ACMI Identifier
314269
Language
English
Subject categories
Animals & Wildlife → Biology - Classification
Animals & Wildlife → Marine biology - Australia
Animals & Wildlife → Marine ecology
Animals & Wildlife → Marine fauna
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Marine ecology
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Marine fauna
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural history
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Biology - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Biology - Classification
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Biology - Study and teaching
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Marine biology - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)