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Field guide to the seashores of South-Eastern Australia / Christine Porter [and three others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Porter, Christine M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Seashore ecology--Australia, Southeastern.
- Seashore ecology.
- Seashore plants--Australia, Southeastern--Identification.
- Seashore plants.
- Seashore animals--Australia, Southeastern--Identification.
- Seashore animals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Clayton South, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing, [2023]
- Summary:
- A guide for beachgoers to the common plants and animals found on the seashores of this region.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface and acknowledgements
- Start here to get the most out of this guide
- Introduction
- Conservation Code
- Preparing for your visit to the shoreline
- About scientific names
- Sea Country and Saltwater Peoples
- Human impacts on seashores in south-eastern Australia
- Conservation and management of south-eastern Australian shores
- Citizen science (by Rebecca Koss)
- Intertidal ecology
- Plants
- Introduction to marine plants
- Blue-green algae
- Red algae
- Green algae
- Brown algae
- Seagrasses
- Saltmarsh plants
- Grey mangrove
- Lichens
- Animals of rocky shores
- Sponges
- Anemones
- Flatworms
- Segmented or bristle worms
- Ribbon worms
- Peanut worms
- Shells
- Chitons
- Snails
- Sea slugs and nudibranchs
- Bivalves
- Octopus
- Animals with jointed limbs
- Barnacles
- Slaters, shrimp and crabs
- Lace coral
- Animals with tube feet
- Urchins
- Sea stars
- Brittle stars
- Sea cucumbers
- Sea squirts, tunicates
- Animals of sandy and muddy shores
- Important marine soft-sediment habitats
- Life beneath your beach towel
- Typical beach bugs
- Sandy beach predators
- Like a bug stuck in the mud
- Molluscs with coiled shells
- Molluscs with two shells
- Sand hoppers, sea slaters, shrimp and crabs
- Millipedes, insects and spiders
- Egg masses
- All washed up: natural marine debris
- Glossary
- Further reading
- Index of common names
- Index of scientific names.
- Notes:
- Includes indexes.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781486315147
- 1486315143
- 9781486315130
- 1486315135
- OCLC:
- 1378389678
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