The Sea Shore: With 61 Colour Photos. by D. P. Wilson and Others, 62 Black-and-white Photos. and 88 Text Figures |
Contents
INTRODUCTION I | 1 |
THE DISCOVERY OF THE SEA SHORE | 7 |
THE INHABITANTS OF THE SHORE | 15 |
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algae amphipod anemones animals and plants areas Ascophyllum attached balanoides barnacles bivalves body British burrow byssus Chthamalus coasts cockles colour common common periwinkle commonest covered crabs crustaceans D. P. Wilson desiccation dog-whelks eggs encrusting estuaries exposed exposure extend fauna feeding female fish foot fresh water fronds Fucus gills grow growth habit hydroids inches long inhabitants intertidal isopod Laminaria larger larvae limpets live low tide low water marine molluscs mouth movement muscles mussels numbers occurs oyster pairs Patella vulgata periwinkles Photographed under water plankton population prawns protection razor-shells red weeds region rock pools rocky shores rough periwinkle rounded salinity sand sea-squirts seaweeds shell valves shelter shipworms shore animals shown in Plate shrimps siphons snails spawn species 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 wide winter worms wrack young