In the intertidal zone, worms and snails live happily in sand. Crabs and fish live under rocks; limpets live on top. Crabs and isopods like a seaweed blanket. But under a layer cake of sand, rocks, weed, it's party time; everybody mingles.
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| Lower intertidal zone, Simms Creek area. |
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| Calcareous tubeworms, spiral tubeworms, orange-legged hermit, bryozoans, limpet, assorted seaweeds, two pecies of snails, encrusting sponge. |
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| More bryozoans, snail, hermit. |
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| Encrusting sponge, with snails. |
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| Grainy-hand hermit, Pagurus granosimanus. |
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| Green mottled star, spiral tubeworms, bryozoans and sea urchin |
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| Leather star and bryozoan. With hermit, snails, tubeworms. |
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| Hermit (hiding), limpet, sea urchin, two kinds of snails. |
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| Clingfish. |
We really enjoyed our trip to Stella Lake. It was best the first night when there was only one other camper in the park. We saw lots of beautiful backcountry and cool shaded trails even on the hot days. - Margy
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