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200 10$aLife in the Chesapeake Bay /$fAlice Jane Lippson, Robert L. Lippson
205   $a3rd ed.
210   $aBaltimore $cJohns Hopkins University Press$d2006
215   $a1 online resource (359 p.)
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 309-312) and index.
327   $aIntro -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Preface -- A Perspective: Past, Present, and Future -- 1. ECOLOGY OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY -- How Salty Is the Water? -- Typical Habitats of the Bay and Its Tributaries -- Classification of Animals and Plants -- 2. SAND BEACHES -- Plants along the Upper Beach -- Dwellers on the Beach -- Signs of Life -- Birds of the Beach -- Ancient Relics of the Sea -- Shell Guide -- 3. INTERTIDAL FLATS -- Plant Life on the Flats -- Roamers over the Flats -- The World beneath the Intertidal Muds -- Waders and Pickers on the Flats -- 4. PIERS, ROCKS, AND JETTIES -- Barnacles -- Bugs of the Pilings -- Worms on the Pilings -- Sea Squirts and the Like -- Mussels -- Sponges -- Sea Anemones -- Hydroids-Feathery Animals -- Whip Coral -- Skeleton Shrimps -- Bryozoans -- Termites of the Sea -- Aerial Gleaners -- 5. SHALLOW WATERS -- Fishes -- Plankton Soup -- Insects of the Shallows -- Crustaceans of the Shallows -- Clams of the Shallows -- Snails of Fresher Waters -- Arks of the Lower Bay -- Birds of the Shallows -- Turtles and Snakes -- 6. SEAGRASS MEADOWS AND WEED BEDS -- Underwater Plants -- Seagrass Meadows -- Weed Beds of the Upper Bay -- 7. WETLANDS -- Tidal Freshwater Marshes -- Salt Marshes -- The Maritime Forest -- Forested Wetlands -- Insects of the Wetlands -- Birds of the Wetlands -- Mammals of the Marshes -- 8. OYSTER BARS -- The Famous Oyster -- Life in, on, and among the Oysters -- Crabs and Other Crustaceans -- Mollusks of the Oyster Community -- Fishes -- 9. DEEPER, OPEN WATERS -- Dwellers on the Bottom -- Dwellers in the Bottom -- Creatures of the Open Waters -- Fishes of the Open Waters -- Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles of the Open Waters -- Birds of the Open Waters -- Glossary -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W -- Z -- Species List and Distributions by Salinity Zones.
327   $aBirds-Species List and Seasonal Occurrence -- Selected References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
330   $aThis classic guide to the plants and animals of the Chesapeake Bay will appeal to a variety of readers--year-round residents and summer vacationers, professional biologists and amateur scientists, conservationists and sportsmen.
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