Life on the Sea-shore |
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE 1 Introduction | 1 |
The Environment | 3 |
Rocky Shores | 15 |
Copyright | |
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adaptation adult amphipods anemone animals and plants Arenicola Ascophyllum Balanus balanoides barnacles biol bottom brackish brown algae burrow Carcinus maenas Chthamalus stellatus coast common crabs crustaceans deposit deposit feeder distribution eggs Enteromorpha estuaries example factors fauna feed fish forms fresh water fronds fucoids Fucus Fucus spiralis gastropods green algae habitat high tide high water high-water hydroid interstitial intertidal zone laminarians larvae limpets Littorina littorea littorinids low tide low water low-water marine marked method MHWN mid-tide MLWN molluscs muddy sand muddy shores mussels Nephthys Nereis diversicolor numbers organic matter oxygen particles Patella Patella vulgata planktonic plants and animals Plate polychaete red algae rhythms rock rocky shore salinity salt sample sand or mud sandy beach sandy shores sea water sea-shore seaweeds shell sheltered shown silt species stage stones sublittoral sublittoral zone surface temperature tidal tube vesiculosus wave action wave-beaten worms zonation