Life traces of the Georgia coast : revealing the unseen lives of plants and animals / Anthony J. Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Anthony J., 1960- author.

Series:

Life of the Past

Life of the past

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ichnology--Georgia.

Ichnology.

Fossils--Georgia.

Fossils.

Paleontology--Georgia.

Paleontology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (714 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Have you ever wondered what left behind those prints and tracks on the seashore, or what made those marks or dug those holes in the dunes? Life Traces of the Georgia Coast is an up-close look at these traces of life and the animals and plants that made them. It tells about how the tracemakers lived and how they interacted with their environments. This is a book about ichnology (the study of such traces) and a wonderful way to learn about the behavior of organisms, living and long extinct. Life Traces presents an overview of the traces left by modern animals and plants in this biologically r

Contents:

Introduction to ichnology of the Georgia coast

History of the Georgia coast and its ichnology

Tracemaker habitats and substrates

Marginal-marine and terrestrial plants

Terrestrial invertebrates

Marginal-marine invertebrates

Terrestrial vertebrates, Part I. Fish, amphibians, reptiles

Terrestrial vertebrates, Part II. Birds and mammals

Marginal-marine and marine vertebrates

Trace fossils and the Georgia coast

Future studies, future traces.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9781283889476

1283889471

9780253006097

0253006090

OCLC:

827947187