Life Along the Inner Coast: A Naturalist's Guide to the Sounds, Inlets, Rivers and Intracoastal Waterway from Norfolk to Key West - Softcover

Lippson, Alice Jane

 
9780807872277: Life Along the Inner Coast: A Naturalist's Guide to the Sounds, Inlets, Rivers and Intracoastal Waterway from Norfolk to Key West
Softcover
ISBN 10: 080787227X ISBN 13: 9780807872277
Publisher: University North Carolina Pr, 2012

Synopsis

For decades, marine scientists Robert and Alice Jane Lippson have travelled the rivers, backwaters, sounds, bays, lagoons, and inlets stretching from the Chesapeake Bay to the Florida Keys aboard their trawler, Odyssey. The culmination of their leisurely journeys, Life along the Inner Coast is a guide to the plants, animals, and habitats found in one of the most biologically diverse regions on the planet. It is a valuable resource for naturalists, students, and anyone who lives or vacations along the Atlantic inner coast.

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About the Author

Robert L. Lippson has served as senior scientist of the National Marine Fisheries Service's Chesapeake Bay Estuarine Research Program, research scientist at the University of Maryland Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, and adjunct professor at Michigan State University.||Alice Jane Lippson has worked as a research scientist at the University of Maryland Chesapeake Biological Laboratory and Martin-Marietta Corporation and as a professional scientific illustrator. They are authors of the popular guidebook Life in the Chesapeake Bay

From the Back Cover

Based on the Lippsons' decades of travel along the rivers, backwaters, sounds, bays, lagoons, and inlets stretching from the Chesapeake Bay to the Florida Keys, this book is a guide to the plants, animals, and habitats found in one of the most biologically diverse regions on the planet. The Lippsons (both marine scientists) explore each habitat and describe more than 800 species organized according to habitat type and geographic region. Features 395 drawings, 20 halftones, 6 maps, 2-color throughout.

From the Inside Flap

Based on the Lippsons' decades of travel along the rivers, backwaters, sounds, bays, lagoons, and inlets stretching from the Chesapeake Bay to the Florida Keys, this book is a guide to the plants, animals, and habitats found in one of the most biologically diverse regions on the planet. The Lippsons (both marine scientists) explore each habitat and describe more than 800 species organized according to habitat type and geographic region. Features 395 drawings, 20 halftones, 6 maps, 2-color throughout.

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Publisher
University North Carolina Pr
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
080787227X
ISBN 13 
9780807872277
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
472

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