Book ID: 91680
Bertness, Mark D.
Atlantic Shorelines. Natural History and Ecology. 2007. 66 col. photographs. XII, 431 p. gr8vo. Cloth.
An introduction to the natural history and ecology of shorelineplant and animal communities on the East Coast of North America.Provides a comprehensive background for understanding the basicprinciples of intertidal ecology and the unique conditions faced byintertidal organisms. Explains primary production in shore line systems, intertidal food webs, the way intertidal organisms survive,biological processes (e.g. competition, predation, facilitation).