An illustrated guide to the characteristics of some of the 200,000 different plants and animals that live in or near the ocean.
These ossicles are arranged in a line down the arm and each is covered by four small shields, giving the brittle star's arms an armored, jointed appearance. Spines and a pair of tube feet extend from tiny pores between the shields.
16 The concept of 'beachcombing'has its roots in ethnography, Beachcomber with referring specifically to foraging practices on the islands of the horse and wagon South Pacific. The word was coined by Richard Henry Dana Jr gathering ...
BRINGER OF LIFE Australia's Adelaide River reveals how water enriches an otherwise barren Life of a river From their small streams to vast landscape. Note how green vegetation lines the river's meandering banks. coastal estuaries, ...
DIVDIVTales of the intrepid early naturalists who set sail on dangerous voyages of discovery in the vast, unknown Pacific/div/div
This is a book that investigates the changing face of the coastline through erosion, hurricanes and climate change. This is a book that matters.
A new edition of this perennial favorite guide to coastal flora, fauna, and ecology
The author records his observations of nature during the year he spent in a Cape Cod beach house.
Biologist John Janovy had two dreams: to see a whale in the wild and to explore the place John Steinbeck wrote about in his "Log" from The Sea of Cortez....
Written by two of the Southeast's foremost authorities on sea turtle conservation, this is an accessible, fully illustrated guide to the species that frequent the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
A Naturalist's Seashore Guide: Common Marine Life of the Northern California Coast and Adjacent Shores