Life in the Chesapeake Bay [[electronic resource] /] / Alice Jane Lippson, Robert L. Lippson |
Autore | Lippson Alice Jane |
Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, MD, USA, : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (359 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.7/860916347 |
Soggetto topico |
Marine ecology - Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
SCIENCE Life Sciences / Marine Biology |
ISBN | 0-8018-9198-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458378403321 |
Lippson Alice Jane | ||
Baltimore, MD, USA, : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Life in the Chesapeake Bay [[electronic resource] /] / Alice Jane Lippson, Robert L. Lippson |
Autore | Lippson Alice Jane |
Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, MD, USA, : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (359 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.7/860916347 |
Soggetto topico |
Marine ecology - Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
SCIENCE Life Sciences / Marine Biology |
ISBN | 0-8018-9198-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791666103321 |
Lippson Alice Jane | ||
Baltimore, MD, USA, : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Life in the Chesapeake Bay / / Alice Jane Lippson, Robert L. Lippson |
Autore | Lippson Alice Jane |
Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (359 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.7/860916347 |
Altri autori (Persone) | LippsonRobert L |
Soggetto topico | Marine ecology - Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.) |
ISBN | 0-8018-9198-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- 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.
Birds-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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811981703321 |
Lippson Alice Jane | ||
Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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