Beachcomber's Guide to Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest: Includes Vancouver, Washington, Oregeon, and Northern California,9780884151326

Beachcomber's Guide to Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest: Includes Vancouver, Washington, Oregeon, and Northern California

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ISBN13: 9780884151326
ISBN10: 0884151328
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1997-05-01
Publisher(s): Natl Book Network
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Summary

This guide gives the curious outdoor adventurer the key to unlocking life found in the foamy surf, white sands, and rocky cliffs of the Pacific Northwest coastline. With a bounty of color photographs, black and white photographs, detailed illustrations, and fact list, this guide paints a complete picture of the seaside creatures and plants that inhabit the Pacific Northwest's beachfronts.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments viii
CHAPTER 1 Introducing the Pacific Northwest
1(7)
The Pacific Northwest Coastline
1(3)
Physical Factors Influencing Marine Organisms
4(1)
Why is the Water So Cold?
4(1)
The Marine Flora and Fauna of the Pacific Northwest
5(2)
Origin of Marine Organisms of the Pacific Northwest
7(1)
References
7(1)
CHAPTER 2 Keys to Successful Beachcombing
8(6)
How and Where to Look
8(3)
Where To Look
8(1)
When To Look
9(1)
A Note On Tidal Zonation
10(1)
Where To Go When It's Raining
10(1)
Gear for the Complete Beachcomber
11(1)
Fish and Game Regulations
12(1)
Crabbing in the Pacific Northwest
12(1)
A Note on Conserving Marine Resources
13(1)
CHAPTER 3 Some Quick Marine Biology
14(15)
A Note on Scientific Names
14(1)
Lifestyles of Marine Organisms
14(1)
Major Marine Plant and Animal Groups
15(13)
Major Marine Invertebrate Phyla
15(12)
Marine Plants
27(1)
References
28(1)
CHAPTER 4 The Sandy Beach
29(20)
Types of Sandy Beaches
29(2)
Permanent Beach Residents
31(5)
Crustaceans
31(3)
Sandy Beach Polychaete Worms
34(1)
Sandy Beach Mollusks
35(1)
Occasional Visitors
36(3)
Moon Snails
37(1)
Visiting Crabs and Shrimp
38(1)
Sandy Beach Echinoderms
39(1)
Wash-Ups
39(9)
Stranded Seaweeds
39(2)
Stranded Jellies
41(5)
Attached Pelagic Animals
46(2)
A Final Note on Sandy Beaches
48(1)
References
48(1)
CHAPTER 5 Quiet-Water Habitats: Bays, Estuaries, and Lagoons
49(26)
How Quiet-Water Habitats Are Formed
49(1)
Quiet-Water Marine Environments
50(1)
Mud Flats
50(12)
The Mud Flat Environment
50(12)
Sand Flats
62(5)
The Sand Flat Environment
62(5)
Rocky Shores of Protected Coastal Habitats
67(3)
Other Hard Substrates
70(2)
Salt Marshes
72(1)
Eelgrass Meadows
73(1)
References
74(1)
CHAPTER 6 The Rocky Intertidal Environment: Upper Zones
75(31)
Physical Factors
75(1)
Organization of Rocky Intertidal Treatment
76(1)
Intertidal Zonation Scheme
76(1)
High Intertidal Zone/Uppermost Horizon
77(4)
Upper Intertidal Zone
81(4)
Upper Tidepools
85(4)
Physical Factors
85(4)
Under Tidepool Rocks
89(4)
Middle Intertidal Zone
93(12)
Exposed Rock Surface Habitats
94(4)
Mussel Clump Habitats
98(7)
References
105(1)
CHAPTER 7 The Rocky Intertidal Environment: Middle and Low Zones
106(25)
Reef Flat Habitats
106(4)
Algal Turfs
106(1)
Surfgrass Flats
107(1)
Surfgrass Beds
107(3)
Boulder Fields
110(13)
The Under-Rock Habitat
110(12)
The Rock Borers
122(1)
Low Intertidal Pools and Surge Channels
123(7)
Low Intertidal Pools
124(2)
Surge Channels
126(4)
References
130(1)
CHAPTER 8 Marine Mammals of the Pacific Northwest
131(16)
The Sea Otter
131(3)
Pinnipeds
134(6)
The Harbor Seal
134(1)
Northern Elephant Seal
135(2)
California Sea Lion
137(2)
Stellar Sea Lion
139(1)
The Whales
140(6)
The Gray Whale
140(2)
The Minke Whale
142(1)
The Killer Whale
143(3)
References
146(1)
CHAPTER 9 Dungeness Crab and Pacific Salmon
147(6)
The Dungeness Crab
147(1)
Salmon and Trout of the Pacific Northwest
148(4)
References
152(1)
Index 153

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