Waipuilani Tidepools

The next acitivity or experiment that we did was to go to Waipuilani park tidepools. While there we went into groups to form the next group experiment.



Tidepools come from seven different zones. These zones are called the intertidal zone. The definintion for intertidal zone is, the poriton of the ocean shore underwater at high tide and exposed at low tide. Tidepools are the permanent collection of water influenced by the tides.



Seven Zones of Intertidal Zone

Splash Zone
Is barren, rocky, never immersed in water, and is only exposed to ocen spray.
Upper Intertidal Zone
Is immersed in water only at high tides.
Lower Intertidal Zone
Is exposed only at extreme low tides
Subtidal Zone
Is always submerged in water, it also includes many tidepools.
Tidepools
Are permanent collections of water influenced by the tides.

Process

The process that we used to get the data for the experiment was to first, figure out where each zone is ending and being seperated. After visualizing this we then moved to where the lower intertidal zone is. There we randomly placed the first quadrant down. We then began to count the number of Pipipi that we saw. Most of the time we had to turn the rocks over to find them. After we were done with the first quadrant we used the transect and measured twenty feet into the sub tidal zone. Once again we randomly placed the second quadrant. Again we counted the number of Pipipi in each square in the quadrant. In order to get a good result we continued the experiment a second time in the same spot. We were able to get two data results for the experiment.
With the data in hand we were able to analyze it and come to a conclusion. Our conclusion was that, most of the Pipipi liked to stay in the lower intertidal zone as opposed to the sub tidal zone. Our hypothesis was proven true with this experiment.

This is me usi

ng one of the quadrants to count the number of Pipipi that we found in each

square of each quadrant.

This is an example of the Pipipi that we were looking for.