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The Sea Shore:

With 61 Colour Photos. by D. P. Wilson and Others, 62 Black-and-white Photos. and 88 Text Figures
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Collins, 1949 - Seashore biology - 310 pages

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Review: The Sea Shore (Collins New Naturalist Library #12)

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One of the first titles published in the Collins New Naturalist series back in 1949, it is still as good a read as ever, and a fascinating introduction to the biology of the sea shore.

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Contents

THE DISCOVERY OF THE SEA SHORE
7
THE INHABITANTS OF THE SHORE lS
15
THE BACKGROUND OF THE SEA
45

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algae amphipod anemones animals and plants attached balanoides barnacles bivalves body boring bottom British burrow byssus Chthamalus coasts cockles colour common periwinkle commonest crabs crustaceans D. P. Wilton desiccation dog-whelks eggs encrusting estuary exposed exposure extend fauna feeding female fish foot fresh water fronds grow growth habit hydroids inches long inhabitants intertidal isopod Laminaria larger larvae later limpets live low tide low water marine molluscs mouth movement muscles mussels numbers occurs oyster pairs Photographed under water plankton polyzoans population prawns protection ragworms razor-shells region rock pools rocky shores rough periwinkle rounded salinity sand sandy shores sea-hare sea-squirts seaweeds shell valves shelter shipworms shore animals shown in Fig shown in Plate shrimps siphons snails spawn species spines sponge spring tides squat lobsters starfish stones sub-littoral sub-littoral zone surface swimming temperature tentacles tidal tide marks top-shells tube tube-worms usually weed wide worms young

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TitleThe Sea Shore: With 61 Colour Photos. by D. P. Wilson and Others, 62 Black-and-white Photos. and 88 Text Figures
Volume 12 of The New naturalist [12]
Volumes 10-16 of Fontana library
The New naturalist; a survey of British natural history
AuthorCharles Maurice Yonge
PublisherCollins, 1949
Original fromthe University of California
Digitized24 Feb 2009
Length310 pages
  
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