Term:
Intertidal
Definition:
That portion of the sea bottom between high and low tide lines. Chart Datum is the lowest normal tide and height of tide is the vertical distance between the surface of the sea and Chart Datum.
Domain:
Fishery
Source:
Termium, 2001; Invertebrate and marine fishery resources of British Columbia, G.S. Jamieson and K. Francis, Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Ottawa, 1986.
