Davenport Tide Pools - Tide Pool Life

Tide Pool Life

Some of the most prosperous forms of life at the Davenport Tide Pools are Sea Stars. This is due to the rifts and ridges up and down the tide pools, these allow Sea Stars to move father up the Tidal zone. Normally Sea Stars are subtidal organisms that live closer to the ocean, because they die when they become too dry. Their prey are Mussels that live up and down the tidal zone, since their hard shells allow them to live in drier areas for longer. The rifts and ridges at the Davenport Tide pools allow the Sea Stars to feed off of Mussels at higher tidal zones during lower tides. Since the Mussels are only a few inches above a rift that is level with the subtidal zone.

Other Tide Pool life include many species of Mussels, Limpets, Seaweed, barnacles, and surf grass. These organisms are also affected by the geographical features of the tide pools. The seaweed and surf grass are able to grow father up the tidal zones. Many sea stars have adapted to hide under the seaweed and surf, as a way to not dry out. This than allows them to feed on the various higher tidal zone organisms during high tide. The main diet of the Sea Star in Northern California is Mussels Since Davenport Tide Pools has an abundance of Mussels, Sea Stars do not resort to consuming other less desirable organisms.