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Published: 1st March 2006
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Life in the Chesapeake Bay is the most important book ever published on America's largest estuary. Since publication of the first edition in 1984, tens of thousands of naturalists, boaters, fishermen, and conservationists have relied on the book's descriptions of the Bay's plants, animals, and diverse habitats. Superbly illustrated and clearly written, this acclaimed guide describes hundreds of plants and animals and their habitats, from diamondback terrapins to blue crabs to hornshell snails.

Now in its third edition, the book has been updated with a new gallery of thirty-nine color photographs and dozens of new species descriptions and illustrations. The new edition retains the charm of an engaging classic while adding a decade of new research.

This classic guide to the plants and animals of the Chesapeake Bay will appeal to a variety of readers -- year-round residents and summer vacationers, professional biologists and amateur scientists, conservationists and sportsmen.

Persons with a fondness for the Chesapeake Bay should get a copy of this book. Wildlife Activist 2006 The region's quintessential field and reference guide Chesapeake Life Magazine 2006 This classic guide to the plants and animals of the Chesapeake Bay will appeal to a variety of readers. Mariner 2006 This is a wonderful book. Underwater Naturalist 2007 One of the most popular, well written, and useful guides to the Chesapeake. Northeastern Naturalist 2006

List of Mapsp. ix
Prefacep. x
A Perspective: Past, Present, and Futurep. xiii
Ecology of the Chesapeake Bayp. 4
How Salty Is the Water?p. 5
Typical Habitats of the Bay and Its Tributariesp. 7
Classification of Animals and Plantsp. 13
Sand Beachesp. 26
Plants along the Upper Beachp. 27
Dwellers on the Beachp. 29
Signs of Lifep. 35
Birds of the Beachp. 38
Ancient Relics of the Seap. 42
Shell Guidep. 46
Intertidal Flatsp. 56
Plant Life on the Flatsp. 58
Roamers over the Flatsp. 59
The World beneath the Intertidal Mudsp. 69
Waders and Pickers on the Flatsp. 86
Piers, Rocks, and Jettiesp. 94
Barnaclesp. 96
Bugs of the Pilingsp. 98
Worms on the Pilingsp. 100
Sea Squirts and the Likep. 100
Musselsp. 102
Spongesp. 103
Sea Anemonesp. 105
Hydroids-Feathery Animalsp. 107
Whip Coralp. 109
Skeleton Shrimpsp. 110
Bryozoansp. 111
Termites of the Seap. 114
Aerial Gleanersp. 116
Shallow Watersp. 124
Fishesp. 126
Plankton Soupp. 144
Insects of the Shallowsp. 150
Crustaceans of the Shallowsp. 153
Clams of the Shallowsp. 158
Snails of Fresher Watersp. 159
Arks of the Lower Bayp. 159
Birds of the Shallowsp. 161
Turtles and Snakesp. 168
Seagrass Meadows and Weed Bedsp. 174
Underwater Plantsp. 175
Seagrass Meadowsp. 180
Weed Beds of the Upper Bayp. 194
Wetlandsp. 200
Tidal Freshwater Marshesp. 203
Salt Marshesp. 209
The Maritime Forestp. 216
Forested Wetlandsp. 217
Insects of the Wetlandsp. 224
Birds of the Wetlandsp. 227
Mammals of the Marshesp. 236
Oyster Barsp. 242
The Famous Oysterp. 245
Life in, on, and among the Oystersp. 246
Crabs and Other Crustaceansp. 249
Mollusks of the Oyster Communityp. 250
Fishesp. 251
Deeper, Open Watersp. 258
Dwellers on the Bottomp. 260
Dwellers in the Bottomp. 262
Creatures of the Open Watersp. 266
Fishes of the Open Watersp. 266
Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles of the Open Watersp. 280
Birds of the Open Watersp. 281
Glossaryp. 290
Species List and Distributions by Salinity Zonesp. 293
Birds-Species List and Seasonal Occurrencep. 307
Selected Referencesp. 309
Indexp. 313
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ISBN: 9780801883385
ISBN-10: 0801883385
Audience: General
For Ages: 18+ years old
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 344
Published: 1st March 2006
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions (cm): 22.2 x 19.7  x 2.1
Weight (kg): 0.749