Life in coastal sand dunes, salt marshes and shingle banks presents a variety of challenges to their inhabitants. By describing the interactions of coastal organisms with the physical processes shaping the granular deposits within and on which they live, the authors illuminate many aspects of adaptation, population dynamics, community ecology, zonation and ecophysiology. A wide range of biological principles and geomorphological features are illustrated and there is lively discussion of the relevant aspects of applied biology, environmental threat and conservation management. Well-chosen examples and case studies have been drawn from coastal systems around the world, particularly those of the British Isles, continental Europe and North America.
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This book is concerned with sand-dune, shingle beach and salt-marsh ecosystems based upon relatively unconsolidated granular deposits which frequently rest upon solid rock or, much more rarely, on peat. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
developmental zonation, strandline species, shingle vegetation, coastal dune management, shingle sites, tidal litter, shingle deposits, biological spectra, dune pasture, accreting sand, dune species, grey dunes, dune annuals, equinoctial spring tides, wet coastal ecosystems, deflation plains, bare shingle, dune soils, many salt marshes, upper marsh, shingle ridges, pioneer zone, wet slacks, rabbit grazing, sand accretion Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Braunton Burrows, Newborough Warren, North Wales, Journal of Ecology, North Devon, Blakeney Point, New Zealand, New England, Chesil Beach, North America, Milford Haven, South Haven Peninsula, Gower Peninsula, Poole Harbour, North Sea, Sands of Forvie, Hudson Bay, Long Island, Outer Hebrides, Pacific Northwest, Sapelo Island, Great Britain, Little Sea, Morecambe Bay, North Carolina New!
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This book is concerned with sand-dune, shingle beach and salt-marsh ecosystems based upon relatively unconsolidated granular deposits which frequently rest upon solid rock or, much more rarely, on peat. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
developmental zonation, strandline species, shingle vegetation, coastal dune management, shingle sites, tidal litter, shingle deposits, biological spectra, dune pasture, accreting sand, dune species, grey dunes, dune annuals, equinoctial spring tides, wet coastal ecosystems, deflation plains, bare shingle, dune soils, many salt marshes, upper marsh, shingle ridges, pioneer zone, wet slacks, rabbit grazing, sand accretion Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Braunton Burrows, Newborough Warren, North Wales, Journal of Ecology, North Devon, Blakeney Point, New Zealand, New England, Chesil Beach, North America, Milford Haven, South Haven Peninsula, Gower Peninsula, Poole Harbour, North Sea, Sands of Forvie, Hudson Bay, Long Island, Outer Hebrides, Pacific Northwest, Sapelo Island, Great Britain, Little Sea, Morecambe Bay, North Carolina New!
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- Wet Coastal Ecosystems by Valentine Chapman on 6 pages
- Coastal Dunes by R.W.G. Carter on 6 pages
- British Isles: A Photographic Journey by Rh Value Publishing on 6 pages
- Saltmarshes: Morphodynamics, Conservation and Engineering Significance by J. R. L. Allen on 5 pages
- British Isles: 2 by W. Allen on page 278, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Micro-organisms and Earth Systems (Society for General Microbiology Symposia) by Hilary Lappin-Scott on page 342
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