The Ecology of Sandy ShoresApprox.560 pages Approx.560 pages |
Contents
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4 Beach and SurfZone Flora | 63 |
5 SandyBeach Invertebrates | 75 |
6 Adaptations to SandyBeach Life | 103 |
7 Benthic Macrofauna Communities | 139 |
8 Benthic Macrofauna Populations | 193 |
13 Coastal Dune Ecosystems and DuneBeach Interactions | 309 |
14 Fisheries | 331 |
15 Human Impacts | 375 |
16 Climate Change | 421 |
17 Management and Conservation | 451 |
The Chemical Environment of Sediments | 497 |
Glossary | 499 |
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abundance activities amphipods animals areas assess beach face beach types benthic benthos biomass bivalves Bullia burrowing Chapter climate change coast components conservation crustaceans cycle decrease Defeo and McLachlan density diatoms dissipative beaches distribution Donax dunes dynamics ecological ecosystem effects Emerita environment environmental erosion exposed factors fauna feeders feeding FIGURE fishes food webs foredunes genus global gradients habitat impacts important increasing input interactions intertidal invertebrates isopods landward larvae levels long-term longshore low tide macrofauna mactroides marine meiofauna Mesodesma microbial loop migration mole crab morphodynamics nutrients occur organic oxygen particle patterns phytoplankton planktonic pollution polychaetes populations predators processes recreation reflective beaches responses sand sandy beaches sandy shores sandy-beach fisheries sediment sheltered shoreline slope spatial species richness structure subtidal supralittoral surf zone surf-zone surface swash swash zone talitrid temperate temperature tidal tion tropical variability water table wave energy whereas wrack zonation zooplankton