Brenda Ballachey Heather Coletti Daniel Esler Sarah Beth Traiger 2026 Nearshore ecosystems are highly productive zones with strong connections to both terrestrial and open ocean ecosystems. The rocky intertidal is a highly dynamic ecosystem and changes over a variety of spatial and temporal scales depending on the factors contributing to the change. Here we summarize how nearshore communities and species responded to several perturbations to intertidal communities within Alaska’s coastal national parks. application/pdf en National Park Service Intertidal community responses to perturbations along Alaska park coastlines article