The Biology of Soft Shores and Estuaries (Biology of Habitats Series) - Hardcover

Little, Colin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198504276 ISBN 13: 9780198504276

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Aiming to fill a gap in the literature for a text on estuarine biology which also deals with marine soft shores, this is an addition to the "Biology of Habitats" series. Complementing "The Biology of Rocky Shores", by the same author, the book focuses on marine and estuarine soft sediments as complex and essential habitats for an astonishing variety of animals and plants whose lifestyles are intimately bound up with sediment structure. It discusses sediments as habitats first, then takes in turn the ecosystems found on sandy shores, mudflats and seagrass beds, salt marshes and mangrove swamps, and life below the tidemarks. Adaptations of the organisms are fully described, and each chapter ends with a section on techniques. Later chapters discuss estuarine and lagoonal habitats, both of which contain primarily soft sediments, but add further complicating characteristics to those found in the sea. A discussion of estuarine food webs emphasizes the ways in which organisms interact.

About this title

Review:

...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)

About the Author:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0198504276
• ISBN 13: 9780198504276
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 262