Books, Outdoors & Nature, Ecosystems, Coastal

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Todd Ballantine
Tideland Treasure: The Naturalist's Guide to the Beaches and Salt Marshes of Hilton Head Island and the Southeastern Coast
by University of South Carolina Press (Paperback)

A naturalist's guide to the beaches and marshes of the Southeast coast, portraying the nature of the sea, beach, salt marsh, plants, and animals of the area.

Osha Gray Davidson
The Enchanted Braid: Coming to Terms with Nature on the Coral Reef
by Wiley (Hardcover)

Mike Tidwell
The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming Death of America's Coastal Cities
by Free Press (Paperback)

The question on every American's mind: Can Katrina happen to me where I live? The answer, unfortunately, is yes, yes, and again yes. If you are one of the 150 million Americans who live within 100 miles of a coastline -- and even if you live much farther inland -- you could be inhabiting the next New Orleans. The bad news for you is that there are even more studies full of even more scientific data confirming this fact than the studies predicting Katrina prior to 2005. The issue this time is global warming. We are literally altering the sky above us. And be assured: This is not some "junk theory" peddled by Greenpeaceextremists. No less an authority than the Bush Administration itself hasofficially confirmed, on multiple occasions, that global warming is real and is driven by our use of fossil fuels -- oil, coal, and natural gas. Worldwide, thanks to climate change, sea level is expected to rise up to three feet within the coming decades and extreme weather events ...

Anne Wertheim Rosenfeld
The Intertidal Wilderness: A Photographic Journey through Pacific Coast Tidepools
by University of California Press (Hardcover)

The Intertidal Wilderness is a stunning photographic exploration of the tidepools of the Pacific coast, from Baja California to as far north as southeast Alaska. These lush photographs capture in striking color the enormous variety of life and biological detail in the intertidal zone along one of the world's most spectacular coastlines. The interpretative text and captions describe telltale signs of ecological relationships and processes, helping the seashore explorer to appreciate ecological interactions and their consequences. The text delves into the roles of competition, predation, reproduction, natural variation in space and time, and color that characterize this vibrant ecosystem. This revised edition has been updated throughout, incorporating new scientific information, new photographs, and a new chapter discussing the recent human impact on this threatened environment. Fusing art and science, The Intertidal Wilderness conveys the fragility, complexity, and interdependence ...

Kenneth H. Mann
Ecology of Coastal Waters: With Implications for Management
by Wiley-Blackwell (Paperback)

Subject of text is coastal marine ecosystems. Students will easily relate to the content of the book as subjects are divided by the environment and scientific principles are applied to steps in management and the decision-making process. Previous edition, c1982, was titled 'Ecology of Waters: A Systems Approach.' Softcover. DLC: Coastal ecology.

Vinson Brown
Exploring Pacific Coast Tidepools (Outdoor and Nature)
by Naturegraph Publishers (Paperback)

This fieldguide describes 341 of the most common species of flora and fauna in the intertidal zone of the Pacific Coast from Baja California to Alaska. Twenty-one pages of color.

Beth Schwarzman
The Nature of Cape Cod
by UPNE (Library Binding)

A field companion to the natural sites of Cape Cod.

Timothy Beatley, David Brower, Anna K. Schwab
An Introduction to Coastal Zone Management
by Island Press (Paperback)

An Introduction to Coastal Zone Management, Second Edition offers a comprehensive overview of coastal planning and management issues for students and professionals in the field. Since publication of the first edition in 1994, population growth and increasing development pressures on our coasts have made the need for forward-looking, creative, and sustainable visions for the future even greater. This completely updated and revised edition includes: significantly updated data and statistics including discussions of population and growth trends, federal and state coastal expenditures, disaster assistance expenditures, and damage levels from hurricanes and coastal storms updated legislative and programmatic material, including the Stafford Act and mitigation assistance programs, and changes in the Coastal Zone Management Act expanded coverage of physical and biological attributes and conditions of the coastal zone expanded and updated discussions of innovative local coastal ...

The Ecology of Fishes on Coral Reefs
by Academic Press (Hardcover)

This summary provides a review of the ecology of coral reef fishes, contributed by North American and Australian researchers. Areas covered include the development of non-equilibrium models of community organization and the role of recruitment variability in structuring local assemblages and insights into predator-prey and plant herbivore interactions. The book is intended to be suitable for graduate students and professional researchers in ecology.

Gene M. Silberhorn
Common Plants of the Mid-Atlantic Coast: A Field Guide
by The Johns Hopkins University Press (Hardcover)

Beggar's ticks and marsh pink. Tearthumbs and chairmaker's rush. Live oak, pitch pine, wild black cherry, sassafras, and loblolly pine. From eelgrass rooted in wrack lines on windswept back shores to hardy maritime forests sculpted by strong winds and salt spray, the Mid-Atlantic coast is rich with a variety of habitats and an abundance of common, if not always familiar, plants. In Common Plants of the Mid-Atlantic Coast, Gene M. Silberhorn provides a field guide to the plants found along the coast from Long Island Sound to North Carolina's barrier islands. This introduction to the fragile ecology and remarkable beauty of the flora of the coastal region was highly praised by reviewers when it was first published in 1982. This revised edition retains the features that earned it acclaim and provides a wealth of new information. The three sections of the book correspond to the natural divisions of the landscape: Section One covers beaches, dunes, and marine forests; Section Two ...

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