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Wave-swept shore : the rigors of life on a rocky coast.

Take a close look at a wave-battered coast and you will discover a rich, fascinating, and remarkably brutal environment. Here, animals and plants exposed to wind, sun, and rain at low tide must cope with crashing waves as the seas rise to submerge them each day at high tide. How do living things sur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Koehl, Mimi, 1948-
Otros Autores: Rosenfeld, Anne Wertheim, 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Place and Scale; 2 Water and Life on the Shore; 3 Waves; 4 Flow, Force, and Fracture; 5 Transport; 6 Stranded, High and Dry; 7 Changes; 8 Stepping Back; Additional Reading; Index.