Atlantic Shorelines: Natural History and Ecology

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.

Science & Math

Bertness, Mark D.

Biological Sciences

Princeton University Press

*0-8053-4582-5, Nybakken, James and Bertness, Mark, Marine Biology: An Ecological Approach, Sixth Edition//--&gt; Marine Biology: An Ecological Approach, Sixth Edition approaches the subject of marine biology by emphasizing the ecological principles that govern marine life throughout all ocean environments and by acknowledging the differences between marine and terrestrial ecosystems. This unique approach adds real-world relevance by exploring how organisms interact within their individual ecosystems while also focusing on the significance of human impact on the sea. Marine Environments, Plankton Communities, Oceanic Nekton, Deep-Sea Biology, Shallow-Water Subtidal Benthic Associations, Intertidal Ecology, Meiofauna, Estuaries and Salt Marches, Tropical Communities, Symbiotic Relationships, Human Impact on the Sea For all readers interested in marine biology and marine ecology.

Marine Biology: An Ecological Approach

Nybakken, James W.

Benjamin/Cummings Pub. Co.

A field guide to the physical and biological processes that shape assemblages of organisms on Western Atlantic shorelines. Introduces the history of the Atlantic coast, tides, species, and the role of water movement in shaping shoreline communities. Examines the production and consumption of resources, the effect of recruitment on the communities, and the biological processes that affect shoreline organisms. Finally, discusses the ecology of the rocky shores, soft sediment beaches, and salt marshes that dominate the coast. Contains about 300 b&amp;w illustrations plus an eight-page color insert. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

The Ecology of Atlantic Shorelines

Sinauer Associates, Inc.

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