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Rockpools as Refugia: How Tide Pools Buffer Reefs Against Heatwaves

Tide pools are mini-climates in a handful of seawater. Some shield life through marine heatwaves; others become traps. The physics, the genetics and the conservation case.

Dr. Lena Fischer · September 26, 2026

Encyclopedia7 min read

Woolly Sculpin (Clinocottus analis): Master of the California Tidepool

Meet the woolly sculpin, the little California tidepool fish that survives heat, rain-fresh water and hours in the air between tides.

Dr. Theo Nakamura · September 20, 2026

Encyclopedia8 min read

Tidepool Sculpin: The Small Fish Built for Hard Times

Meet the tidepool sculpin, the Pacific's toughest little fish: how it survives heat, low oxygen and hours out of water — and finds its way home.

Dr. Theo Nakamura · June 21, 2026

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