Essential Guide to Beachcombing and the Strandline (eBook)

Julie Hatcher, Steve Trewhella (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2021
304 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-23242-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Immerse yourself in the beachcombing experience; the wind in your face, the smell of salt spray, the roar of the ocean; it's an assault on the senses, the perfect tonic. From time immemorial people have been drawn to the beach to collect practical resources as well as mysterious objects that have fuelled myth and folklore - it is our inherent hunter-gatherer instinct.The beach strandline is also a wildlife habitat, home to a unique community of plants and animals, many found nowhere else. They create a rich and ever-changing oasis of life in the otherwise harsh environment of the beach.Whether you are a seasoned beachcomber, a casual visitor or an enthusiastic naturalist, this book is for you. It will satisfy your curiosity about each treasure found cast up on the beach, be it a pretty seashell or an exotic ocean voyager.* Descriptions of common and rare beach finds, both natural and man-made* Clear photographs showing objects and species as found on the strandline and in their natural habitat* Suggestions for family activities related to beachcombing* A comprehensive account of the living flora and fauna of the beach strandline* Information on threats and conservation measures for the marine and coastal environment

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.6.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Wild Nature Press
• Reihe/Serie: Wild Nature Press
• Zusatzinfo: 600+ color photographs
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Schlagworte: Ambergris • Amphisbetia operculata • Antidote Vine • Atlantic Ocean • beachcombing • Bivalvia • bottlenose dolphin • Brown seaweeds • Bryde's whale • Buoy • Caribbean Sea • Cetacea • cetacean stranding • Channelled Wrack • Coastal Erosion • Cockle (bivalve) • Common Cuttlefish • Common dolphin • Common Oyster • Common periwinkle • Common Whelk • Corallina officinalis • coral reef • Crab • Crab moults • Crab trap • cuttlefish • Dabberlocks • Decorator crab • Deep sea • Dolphin • Dolphins • Drift seed • Driftwood • Dune • estuary • fin whale • Fiona pinnata • Fish aggregating device • fishery • Fishing float • fishing line • fishing tackle • fishing vessel • fishing village • Flat Top Shell • forage fish • Goose barnacle • Great Pacific Garbage Patch • Green Sea Urchin • Guillemot Uria aalge • gull • Harbor seal • Harbour porpoise • hermit crab • Herringbone Hydroid • Herring Gull • Holdfast • Irish Moss • Isopoda • Jassa marmorata • Jellyfish • lagoon • Lepas anserifera • Lepas pectinata • Ligia oceanica • Limpets play • Lobster Trap • loggerhead sea turtle • Longline fishing • Mangrove • Marine Biology • Marine debris • Marine ecosystem • marine invertebrates • Marine mammal • Marine mammal skulls • Marine worm • Masked Crab • Mauve Stinger • Mermaid’s purses • Mola (fish) • Mollusc shell • Mullet (fish) • Mussel • Necklace Shell • Nickar nuts • Oar Weed • ocean • ocean current • Ocean gyre • Oceanic Puffer • ocean sunfish • Other seabirds • Otter Shell • pelagic fish • Pharus legumen • Plankton • Razor shell • Red Rags • Risso's dolphin • Rocky beaches • Rocky Shore • salt marsh • sandpiper • Sand star • sandy shore • Sardine • Sargasso Sea • Sea bean • sea beans • seabed • seabird • Sea cave • Sea Coconut • sea glass • seagrass • seahorse • Sea Mouse • Sea Potato • seashell • Sea slug • Sea snail • Sea Urchin • seawater • Seaweed • Shark Trust • shellfish • Shingle beach • Shingle beaches • Shipworms Teredinidae • Shrimp • Square-end Hornwrack • Striped Venus • Sunscreen • Swim bladder • Talitridae • talitrus saltator • Tangle balls • Teredo navalis • The global picture • The rise of plastic • Tide • Tropical Almond • Turtles • undulate ray • violet snails • wader • Whale louse
• ISBN-10: 0-691-23242-3 / 0691232423
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-23242-3 / 9780691232423