World Ocean Radio 7/15/26: Ecotone, A Word for Where Ecosystems Meet

WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives · Jul 15, 2026 · 5m

Host: Peter Neill Producer: Trisha Badger ABOUT THIS EPISODE When we come across words describing situations in Nature that have metaphorical meaning beyond their specific definition, we like to share them. Here’s one: ecotone, described “as the transition zone where two ecosystems meet, for example, the marshland between a river and dry land, the mangroves between sea and shore, or the tree-line between forest and alpine meadow. Ecotones are famously rich in species, holding life from both adjacent ecosystems plus a few specialists found nowhere else — a phenomenon known as…