This work offers an introduction to the biology of the unique organisms that inhabit rocky coastal ecosystems. Using examples from all over the world, the book serves as an ideal resource for instruction, either in the field or lecture hall. It describes the physical factors that affect organisms, the biology of the animals and plants that live on the shore, the factors that control them, and the communities they form. The authors provide examples of observations and experiments that can be conducted either in the lab, or on-site. They also address key problems of pollution and conservation in the context of their effects on biodiversity. The work will interest all students of marine biology, along with professional marine biologists and amateur naturalists.
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"Although manuals for species identification have been available, there has not been a suitable text devoted to this habitat. Little and Kitching have done a fine job in clearly presenting information about the individual species and the communities to which they belong."--Choice
"Chapters deal with the physical factors of the rocky shore and how they affect the physiology and behavior of major groups of organisms such as algae grazers, suspension feeders, and predators. The structure and function of rocky-shore communities is also covered. The concluding chapter examines the effects of pollution and conservation on species biodiversity."--BIOSIS
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Colin Little is at University of Bristol. J. A. Kitching is at University of East Anglia.
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In July 1980, a survey of rocky shores in the Rance estuary, in northern France, found that the more marine areas were well populated with a variety of marine snails-limpets, topshells and winkles. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
critical tidal levels, emersion curve, limpet species, accelerational forces, patellid limpets, mid shore, eulittoral zone, dog whelks, sheltered shores, barnacle species, fucoid algae, littoral fringe, exposed shores, shallow sublittoral, suspension feeders, wave exposure, exposed rocky shores, algal diversity, predatory starfish, urchin populations, encrusting algae, algal cover, zonation patterns, exposed headlands, diploid sporophyte Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, Lough Hyne, Isle of Man, New Zealand, New England, South Africa, Isle of Cumbrae, Washington State, New South Wales, Nova Scotia, Torrey Canyon, Bay of Fundy, After Underwood, Cape Peninsula, English Channel, Milford Haven New!
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In July 1980, a survey of rocky shores in the Rance estuary, in northern France, found that the more marine areas were well populated with a variety of marine snails-limpets, topshells and winkles. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
critical tidal levels, emersion curve, limpet species, accelerational forces, patellid limpets, mid shore, eulittoral zone, dog whelks, sheltered shores, barnacle species, fucoid algae, littoral fringe, exposed shores, shallow sublittoral, suspension feeders, wave exposure, exposed rocky shores, algal diversity, predatory starfish, urchin populations, encrusting algae, algal cover, zonation patterns, exposed headlands, diploid sporophyte Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, Lough Hyne, Isle of Man, New Zealand, New England, South Africa, Isle of Cumbrae, Washington State, New South Wales, Nova Scotia, Torrey Canyon, Bay of Fundy, After Underwood, Cape Peninsula, English Channel, Milford Haven New!
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- Fourth European Marine Biology Symposium by D. J. Crisp in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The North Sea: Heine's Poem (Open Court Paperbacks) by Heinrich Heine in Back Matter
- Marine Ecology by Hilary B. Moore in Back Matter
- Marine Botany by Clinton J. Dawes in Back Matter
- The Biology of Freshwater Wetlands (Biology of Habitats) by Arnold G. van der Valk in Front Matter
- The Biology of Soft Shores and Estuaries (Biology of Habitats) by Colin Little in Front Matter
- Sea Room: An Island Life in the Hebrides by Adam Nicolson in Back Matter
- Elements of Marine Ecology, Fourth Edition by FRANCES DIPPER on page 309
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