Wave-swept shore [[electronic resource] ] : the rigors of life on a rocky coast / / text by Mimi Koehl ; photographs by Anne Wertheim Rosenfeld

• Autore: Koehl Mimi <1948->
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (192 p.)
• Disciplina: 577.69/9
• Soggetto topico: Intertidal ecology
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: RosenfeldAnne Wertheim <1951->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Place and scale -- Water and life on the shore -- Waves -- Flow, force, and fracture -- Transport -- Stranded, high and dry -- Changes -- Stepping back.
• Sommario/riassunto: Take 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Wave-swept shore
• ISBN: 1-282-35711-5; 9786612357114; 0-520-92999-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454780203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II