The Ecology of Sandy ShoresElsevier, 27 jul 2010 - 392 pagina's The Ecology of Sandy Shores provides the students and researchers with a one-volume resource for understanding the conservation and management of the sandy shore ecosystem. Covering all beach types, and addressing issues from the behavioral and physiological adaptations of the biota to exploring the effects of pollution and the impact of man's activities, this book should become the standard reference for those interested in Sandy Shore study, management and preservation.
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The Interstitial Environment | 31 |
Beach and Surfzone Flora | 55 |
Sandybeach Invertebrates | 65 |
Adaptations to Sandybeach Life | 91 |
Benthic Macrofauna Communities | 125 |
Benthic Macrofauna Populations | 163 |
Interstitial Ecology | 181 |
Surfzone Fauna | 197 |
Energetics and Nutrient Cycling | 223 |
Coastal Dune Ecosystems and DuneBeach Interactions | 251 |
Human Impacts | 273 |
Coastal Zone Management | 303 |
Glossary | 325 |
References | 329 |
Appendices | 353 |
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
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Populaire passages
Pagina 16 - Tides, about this time, will rise higher, and fall lower, than they do when the Sun and Moon are at right angles to each other.
Pagina 349 - Wade, BA (1967). Studies on the biology of the West Indian beach clam, Donax denticulatus Linne.
Pagina 332 - Direct measurement of pore-size distribution on artificial and natural deposits and prediction of pore space accessible to interstitial organisms: DJ Crisp and R.
Pagina 332 - WR 1955. Ecology of the bean clam Donax gouldi on the coast of southern California.
Pagina 17 - The dotted arrows show the direction the trade winds would take if the earth's rotation did not deflect them to the left in the southern hemisphere and to the right in the northern.
Pagina 335 - F. (1983). An optical directional factor in the sky might improve the direction finding of sandhoppers on the seashore. Monit. Zool. Ital. (NS) 17:313-317.
Pagina 334 - Growth, population dynamics, a mass mortality and arrangement of white sand mussels, Donax serra Roding, on beaches in the south-western Cape Province.