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Life in coastal sand dunes, salt marshes and shingle banks presents a variety of challenges to their inhabitants.

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Introduction and primary concepts. Primary and secondary production: the autotrophs and their associates. Water and ionic relationships: plant adaptations to coastal environments. Salt marshes: tides, time and function. Salt-marsh dynamics and communities. Sand dunes: initiation, development and function. Sand dune-dynamics and communities. Coastal shingle. Environmental impacts. Variation in sea level and climatic change. Coastal management and conservation.

Ecology of Dunes Salt Marsh and Shingle

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    A Hardback by J.R. Packham, A.J. Willis

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      Publisher: Springer
      Publication Date: 9/30/1997 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780412579806, 978-0412579806
      ISBN10: 0412579804
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      Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment Oceanography (seas and oceans) Science & Nature Ecological science, the Biosphere

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Life in coastal sand dunes, salt marshes and shingle banks presents a variety of challenges to their inhabitants.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction and primary concepts. Primary and secondary production: the autotrophs and their associates. Water and ionic relationships: plant adaptations to coastal environments. Salt marshes: tides, time and function. Salt-marsh dynamics and communities. Sand dunes: initiation, development and function. Sand dune-dynamics and communities. Coastal shingle. Environmental impacts. Variation in sea level and climatic change. Coastal management and conservation.

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