Life along the inner coast : a naturalist's guide to the sounds, inlets, rivers, and intracoastal waterway from Norfolk to Key West /

Based on the Lippsons' decades of travel along the rivers, backwaters, sounds, bays, lagoons, and inlets stretching from the Chesapeake Bay to the Florida Keys, this book is a guide to the plants, animals, and habitats found in one of the most biologically diverse regions on the planet. The Lip...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lippson, Robert L.
Otros Autores: Lippson, Alice Jane
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Natural history > Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Intracoastal waterways > Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Coastal ecology > Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Mangrove ecology > Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Barrier island ecology > Atlantic Coast (U.S.)
Sciences naturelles > Atlantique, Côte de l' (États-Unis)
Voies navigables intérieures côtières > Atlantique, Côte de l' (États-Unis)
Écologie littorale > Atlantique, Côte de l' (États-Unis)
Écologie des mangroves > Atlantique, Côte de l' (États-Unis)
Écologie des cordons littoraux > Atlantique, Côte de l' (États-Unis)
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biological Diversity.
Barrier island ecology.
Coastal ecology.
Ecology.
Intracoastal waterways.
Mangrove ecology.
Natural history.
Atlantic Coast (U.S.) > Environmental conditions.
Atlantique, Côte de l' (États-Unis) > Conditions environnementales.
United States > Atlantic Coast.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Forested wetlands, wooded shorelines, and swamps
  • Marshes and mangrove swamps
  • Beaches
  • Intertidal flats
  • Places to settle: pilings, floating docks, rubble structures, and mangrove prop roots
  • The shallows
  • Weed beds and seagrass meadows
  • Live bottoms: oyster reefs, patch reefs, and worm rocks.

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