Atlantic Seashore Field Guide: Florida to Canada

by J. Duane Sept

Overview

A photographic guide to the common plants and animals that inhabit the intertidal zone—the area covered by water at high tide and exposed during low tide—on the Atlantic coast from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to Cape Breton, Canada.

Includes color photos, descriptions, and details for crabs, crustaceans, mollusks and their shells, jellies, barnacles, shrimp, worms, squid, mosses, seaweeds, and lichens

Learn how to identify over 500 of the most common intertidal species

Covers all different types of intertidal habitats, whether rocky, sandy, or muddy

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811714211
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	03/01/2016
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	1,006,152
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

J. Duane Sept's passion for wildlife has led him to study his subjects and to work with them throughout North America as a biologist, naturalist, writer, professional photographer, and environmental consultant. His photographs and writings have been published in numerous periodicals, books, displays, and calendars. He is the author of eighteen previous books, including A Photographic Guide to Seashore Life in the North Atlantic: Canada to Cape Cod. He lives in Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia.

Table of Contents

Introduction v

Part I Animal Life Species Accounts

Sponges 2

Cnidarians 9

Comb Jellies 28

Marine Worms 30

Mollusks 48

Lampshells 198

Arthropods 199

Moss Animals 250

Spiny-skinned Animals 254

Tunicates 267

Fishes 274

Reptiles 278

Part II Plant Life Species Accounts

Seaweeds 282

Green Algae 282

Brown Algae 286

Red Algae 296

Flowering Plants 306

Illustrated Glossary 310

Glossary 313

Selected References 316

Acknowledgments 318

Photographic Credits 319

Index 320