ADW: beach12.jpg

Habitat Images

Identification

Date Taken

September 16, 2006

Location

Holiday Beach Conservation Area, Ontario, Canada

Caption

Where the water of a Great Lake meets the shoreline is an example of an abrupt edge habitat. Shorelines are edge habitats because they are where land and water meet.

Habitat
Edge

Contributors

Tanya Dewey (photographer; copyright holder), Animal Diversity Web

Conditions of Use

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To cite this page: Dewey, T.2006. "beach12.jpg" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed May 25, 2025 at https://animaldiversity.org/collections/contributors/habitat_images/great_lakes/beach12/

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation Grants DRL 0089283, DRL 0628151, DUE 0633095, DRL 0918590, and DUE 1122742. Additional support has come from the Marisla Foundation, UM College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Museum of Zoology, and Information and Technology Services.

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