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Book SynopsisOn the northern Pacific coast, from Monterey Bay to Vancouver Island, zoologist Eugene Kozloff explores the rich variety of seashore life of the northern Pacific coast. Hundreds of plants and animals that inhabit the rocky shores, sandy beaches, and quiet bays and estuaries are described and illustrated with encyclopedic thoroughness. Two hundred and ninety-nine color illustrations and nearly 400 black-and-white photographs and line drawings show sponges, molluscs, crustaceans, comb jellies, flatworms, seaweeds, and many other kinds of seashore life, making for easy identification. The text, cross-referenced with figures and plates, describes in precise terms the size, color, activities, and peculiarities of the plants and animals most likely to be encountered. This book is a greatly expanded version of the author's popular Seashore Life of Puget Sound, the Strait of Georgia, and the San Juan Archipelago, published in 1973. It includes much new material on marine life along the ope
Table of ContentsChanges in Scientific Names as of 19931. Introduction2. Some Instant Zoology and Botany3. On and Around Floating Docks and Pilings4. Rocky Shores of the Puget Sound Region5. Rocky Shores of the Open Coast6. Sandy Beaches7. Quiet Bays and Salt MarshesGlossarySuggestions for Further ReadingIndex
