List the zones that comprise the sandy shores. Which zone has the highest diversity and which has the lowest? Explain your answer
What will be an ideal response?
In the supralittoral and midlittoral zones the surface and near surface have the dry zone, and drying zones. Just below this area is the retention zone. Closer to the ocean and deeper is the zone of retention; eventually the saturation zone is reached. The highest diversity occurs in the saturation zone because it remains moist for the organisms. The dry zone conversely has the lowest diversity because of desiccation.
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