Description |
ix, 240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Series |
Biology of habits |
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Biology of habits
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Contents |
Ch. 1. The shore environment: problems for organisms and their investigators -- Ch. 2. Vertical distributions: 'zonation' and its causes -- Ch. 3. Communities on the shore: the effects of wave exposure -- Ch. 4. Algae, the primary energy sources -- Ch. 5. Grazers and their influences -- Ch. 6. Suspension feeders: how to live on floating food -- Ch. 7. Predators and their influences -- Ch. 8. The functioning of rocky-shore communities -- Ch. 9. Biodiversity, pollution and conservation -- Appendix I: A brief classification of selected organisms -- Appendix II: Some sites at which research quoted in the text has been carried out |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies |
Subject |
Seashore biology.
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Seashore ecology.
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Author |
Kitching, J. A.
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LC no. |
95042040 |
ISBN |
0198549369 hardcover |
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0198549350 paperback |
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