Intertidal Marine Reforestation

On the topic of the effect of the earthquake and tsunami on the intertidal marine organisms and therefore the intertidal marine ecosystem, there is the question of how to help rebuild these communities once and earthquake and/or tsunami has occurred. One concept around this idea is the concept of “Reforestation of Marine Ecosystems”. This theory takes the notion that when an earthquake occurs, with the impact of the water and plate movement, there will be soil erosion. This means that the coastlines will recede and come inwards. Therefore, the terrestrial organisms that used to be on this area of land will die due to the fact that they cannot live in water. Whatever intertidal organisms that are left will migrate upwards to the new intertidal zone, as will the other organisms of the other depths of the water. Once they have migrated, they will repopulate. Few of the previous terrestrial organisms may stay at the edge of the intertidal zone and adapt themselves to survive in periods of submergence in water.