Summary:
- Life in the intertidal is difficult, but there are many types of organisms there.
- Coral reefs are the “rainforests of the oceans” Coral reefs can form on volcanoes in tropical water.
- Shrimp, clams, fish, and giant tube worms are found at hydrothermal vents.
- In the deepest ocean, survival is almost impossible.
- The ones that do have amazing adaptations to the exceptionally harsh conditions are very small and use very little energy to move and breathe slowly.
- The food source for these ecosystems is chemosynthesis.