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This unique, concise, beautifully-illustrated guide has been carefully designed for students, teachers and naturalists. User-friendly dichotomous keys lead to the identification of over 650 common and widespread animals and seaweeds of the shore. Each species has detailed notes on diagnostic features and biology. Now with 32 pages of colour.

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'… recommended unreservedly for indoor-based identification work and as a preliminary source of information on the life-cycle and ecology of individual seashore organisms.' The Glasgow Naturalist

Table of Contents
Preface; Acknowledgements for illustrations; Introduction; Design and layout of the book; Illustrated guide to the plants and animals of the shore; Seaweeds; Lichens; Anthophyta; Porifera; Cnidaria; Ctenophora; Platyhelminthes; Nemertea; Priapula; Annelida; Mollusca; Arthropoda; Sipuncula; Echiura; Bryozoa; Phoronida; Echinodermata; Hemichordata; Chordata; Plates; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

A Students Guide to the Seashore

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 1/13/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780521720595
      978-0521720595
      ISBN-10 0521720591
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This unique, concise, beautifully-illustrated guide has been carefully designed for students, teachers and naturalists. User-friendly dichotomous keys lead to the identification of over 650 common and widespread animals and seaweeds of the shore. Each species has detailed notes on diagnostic features and biology. Now with 32 pages of colour.

      Trade Review
      '… recommended unreservedly for indoor-based identification work and as a preliminary source of information on the life-cycle and ecology of individual seashore organisms.' The Glasgow Naturalist

      Table of Contents
      Preface; Acknowledgements for illustrations; Introduction; Design and layout of the book; Illustrated guide to the plants and animals of the shore; Seaweeds; Lichens; Anthophyta; Porifera; Cnidaria; Ctenophora; Platyhelminthes; Nemertea; Priapula; Annelida; Mollusca; Arthropoda; Sipuncula; Echiura; Bryozoa; Phoronida; Echinodermata; Hemichordata; Chordata; Plates; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

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