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Atlantic Shorelines is an introduction to the natural history and ecology of shoreline communities on the East Coast of North America. Writing for a broad audience, Mark Bertness examines how distinctive communities of plants and animals are generated on rocky shores and in salt marshes, mangroves, and soft sediment beaches on Atlantic shorelines. The book provides a comprehensive background for understanding the basic principles of intertidal ecology and the unique conditions faced by intertidal organisms. It describes the history of the Atlantic Coast, tides, and near-shore oceanographic processes that influence shoreline organisms; explains primary production in shoreline systems, intertidal food webs, and the way intertidal organisms survive; sets out the unusual reproductive challenges of living in an intertidal habitat, and the role of recruitment in shaping intertidal communities; and outlines how biological processes like competition, predation, facilitation, and ecosystem engineering generate the spatial structure of intertidal communities. The last part of the book focuses on the ecology of the three main shoreline habitats--rocky shores, soft sediment beaches, and shorelines vegetated with salt marsh plants and mangroves--and discusses in detail conservation issues associated with each of them.
Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Princeton University Press (November 5, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0691125546
ISBN-13: 978-0691125541
Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 1 x 9.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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Best Sellers Rank: #365,119 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #138 in Books > Science & Math > Biological Sciences > Biology > Marine Biology #259 in Books > Textbooks > Science & Mathematics > Biology & Life Sciences > Ecology #262 in Books > Science & Math > Nature & Ecology > Ecosystems
A resource I wouldn't go without as I write my Master's thesis in coastal ecology. Full of great figures- both pictures and graphs- to help explain a well organized summary of Atlantic coastal ecosystems (and associated abiotic factors like ocean currents).
Outstanding book to have to help you ID the Atlantic Shore invertebrates...
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