LEADER 03404nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910454780203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-35711-5 010 $a9786612357114 010 $a0-520-92999-3 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520929999 035 $a(CKB)1000000000798978 035 $a(EBL)470917 035 $a(OCoLC)609850057 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000313012 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11211959 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000313012 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10358060 035 $a(PQKB)10259146 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC470917 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30729 035 $a(DE-B1597)520144 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520929999 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL470917 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10676166 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235711 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000798978 100 $a20050127d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWave-swept shore$b[electronic resource] $ethe rigors of life on a rocky coast /$ftext by Mimi Koehl ; photographs by Anne Wertheim Rosenfeld 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (192 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-23812-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPlace and scale -- Water and life on the shore -- Waves -- Flow, force, and fracture -- Transport -- Stranded, high and dry -- Changes -- Stepping back. 330 $aTake a close look at a wave-battered coast and you will discover a rich, fascinating, and remarkably brutal environment. Here, animals and plants exposed to wind, sun, and rain at low tide must cope with crashing waves as the seas rise to submerge them each day at high tide. How do living things survive in this harsh zone? With 87 stunning color photographs and an engaging text written for those with little or no knowledge of marine biology or physics, this book tells the story of one stretch along the Pacific coast of North America-introducing the mussels, limpets, crabs, grasses, starfish, kelp, and other animals and plants that live there, and explaining how they function and flourish in an environment of waves, sand, and rocks.In pictures and words, Wave-Swept Shore explains complex phenomena, such as wave action, using simple, intuitive analogies. It explores how the forms of animals and plants affect their survival in this harsh environment, considers their distribution on the shore, and looks at their seasonal variations, focusing on what can be easily observed by visitors to the coast. Revealing the rich variety of habitats woven into what may at first look like a fairly uniform environment, the book, an effective and beautiful tool for learning about the edge of oceans everywhere, opens our eyes to the wonders of rocky shores and introduces a whole new way of looking at the natural world. 606 $aIntertidal ecology 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aIntertidal ecology. 676 $a577.69/9 700 $aKoehl$b Mimi$f1948-$01046049 701 $aRosenfeld$b Anne Wertheim$f1951-$01043885 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454780203321 996 $aWave-swept shore$92472717 997 $aUNINA