The Sea Shore |
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 Ascophyllum attached balanoides barnacles bivalves body boring bottom British burrow byssus Chthamalus coasts cockles colour common common periwinkle commonest crabs crustaceans D. P. Wilson desiccation dog-whelks eggs encrusting estuary exposed exposure extend fauna feeding fish foot fresh water fronds Fucus gill growth habit hydroids inches long inhabitants intertidal isopod Laminaria larger larvae limpets live low tide low water marine molluscs mouth movement muscles mussels nature numbers occurs organic oyster Pelvetia periwinkles Photographed under water plankton polyzoans population prawns protection ragworms razor-shells region rock pools rocky shores rough periwinkle rounded salinity sand sandy shores sea water sea-hare sea-squirts seaweeds shell valves shelter shipworms shown in Plate shrimps siphons snails spawning species spines sponges spring tides squat lobsters starfish sub-littoral sub-littoral zone surface swimming temperature tentacles tidal tide marks top-shells tube tube-worms usually weed wide winter worms