The Biology of Soft Shores and Estuaries

Author:   Colin Little (Honorary Research Associate, Honorary Research Associate, University of Bristol)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780198504269


Pages:   264
Publication Date:   30 March 2000
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Colin Little (Honorary Research Associate, Honorary Research Associate, University of Bristol)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.424kg
ISBN:  

9780198504269


ISBN 10:   0198504268
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   30 March 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Introduction: organisms, sediments, and water movements 2: The world of particles: a variety of habitats 3: The coarse extreme: life on sandy beaches 4: A fine option: life on mudflats and in seagrass beds 5: Salt marshes and mangrove swamps 6: Life at the bottom: sublittoral sediments and community structure 7: Estuarine habitats and coastal lagoons 8: The estuarine benthos and its distribution 9: Life in the estuarine water column 10: Estuarine ecosystems 11: Uses and abuses: human impact and counter-measures Further reading; References; Glossary; Appendix; Index

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...refreshing...richly illustrated...very useful for teachers and students at secondary schools as well as at universities, but also for everybody involved in marine science to get a wider scope on the subject. G. Van der Velde Crustaceana


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Dr Colin Little is a series editor of the Biology of Habitats series and author of the first volume in the 4eries, The biology of rocky shores

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