HUMAN IMPACTS

Human impacts on the California rocky intertidal have been studied for many years. Studies have shown that most of the humans impacts on the CA rocky intertidal zones are bad. Impacts such as trampling, collecting, and overturning rocks has left a bad effect upon the rocky intertidal zones. These destructive activities ruin species and organisms, causing organisms to become vulnerable to waves. Studies have also shown that the intertidal population including the flora and fauna were collected by humans. Humans used all of these as resources for fish bait, research, and souvenirs. Collecting the population of the intertidal reduced the quantity of the population, which is hurting the California rocky intertidal. Lastly, overturning rocks is a bad activity that disrupts the ecosystem. Some people can just be having a good day walking along the zones, and turn over a rock. As little of an impact as some people think turning a rock over is, it destroys all of the organisms that were on top of the rock. These are huge problems that need to be brought into attention, because its hurting the ecosystem.