Life in the Chesapeake Bay / Alice Jane Lippson, Robert L. Lippson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lippson, Alice Jane.

Contributor:

Lippson, Robert L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marine ecology--Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.).

Marine ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (359 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

Summary:

This classic guide to the plants and animals of the Chesapeake Bay will appeal to a variety of readers--year-round residents and summer vacationers, professional biologists and amateur scientists, conservationists and sportsmen.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Maps

Preface

A Perspective: Past, Present, and Future

1. ECOLOGY OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY

How Salty Is the Water?

Typical Habitats of the Bay and Its Tributaries

Classification of Animals and Plants

2. SAND BEACHES

Plants along the Upper Beach

Dwellers on the Beach

Signs of Life

Birds of the Beach

Ancient Relics of the Sea

Shell Guide

3. INTERTIDAL FLATS

Plant Life on the Flats

Roamers over the Flats

The World beneath the Intertidal Muds

Waders and Pickers on the Flats

4. PIERS, ROCKS, AND JETTIES

Barnacles

Bugs of the Pilings

Worms on the Pilings

Sea Squirts and the Like

Mussels

Sponges

Sea Anemones

Hydroids-Feathery Animals

Whip Coral

Skeleton Shrimps

Bryozoans

Termites of the Sea

Aerial Gleaners

5. SHALLOW WATERS

Fishes

Plankton Soup

Insects of the Shallows

Crustaceans of the Shallows

Clams of the Shallows

Snails of Fresher Waters

Arks of the Lower Bay

Birds of the Shallows

Turtles and Snakes

6. SEAGRASS MEADOWS AND WEED BEDS

Underwater Plants

Seagrass Meadows

Weed Beds of the Upper Bay

7. WETLANDS

Tidal Freshwater Marshes

Salt Marshes

The Maritime Forest

Forested Wetlands

Insects of the Wetlands

Birds of the Wetlands

Mammals of the Marshes

8. OYSTER BARS

The Famous Oyster

Life in, on, and among the Oysters

Crabs and Other Crustaceans

Mollusks of the Oyster Community

9. DEEPER, OPEN WATERS

Dwellers on the Bottom

Dwellers in the Bottom

Creatures of the Open Waters

Fishes of the Open Waters

Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles of the Open Waters

Birds of the Open Waters

Glossary

H

I

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

W

Z

Species List and Distributions by Salinity Zones.

Birds-Species List and Seasonal Occurrence

Selected References

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

J

K

Q

U

V

Y

Z.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-312) and index.

ISBN:

0-8018-9198-1

OCLC:

310116920