Author: Richard G. WiegertPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Salt marsh animals
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Tidal Salt Marshes of the Southeast Atlantic Coast
Author: Richard G. WiegertPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Salt marsh animals
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Tidal Salt Marshes of the Southeastern Atlantic Coast - a Community Profile
Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
The World of The Salt Marsh
Author: Charles SeabrookPublisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820345334
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
The World of the Salt Marsh is a wide-ranging exploration of the southeastern coast--its natural history, its people and their way of life, and the historic and ongoing threats to its ecological survival. Focusing on areas from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, to Cape Canaveral, Florida, Charles Seabrook examines the ecological importance of the salt marsh, calling it "a biological factory without equal." Twice-daily tides carry in a supply of nutrients that nourish vast meadows of spartina ( Spartina alterniflora )--a crucial habitat for creatures ranging from tiny marine invertebrates to wading birds. The meadows provide vital nurseries for 80 percent of the seafood species, including oysters, crabs, shrimp, and a variety of finfish, and they are invaluable for storm protection, erosion prevention, and pollution filtration. Seabrook is also concerned with the plight of the people who make their living from the coast's bounty and who carry on its unique culture. Among them are Charlie Phillips, a fishmonger whose livelihood is threatened by development in McIntosh County, Georgia, and Vera Manigault of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, a basket maker of Gullah-Geechee descent, who says that the sweetgrass needed to make her culturally significant wares is becoming scarcer. For all of the biodiversity and cultural history of the salt marshes, many still view them as vast wastelands to be drained, diked, or "improved" for development into highways and subdivisions. If people can better understand and appreciate these ecosystems, Seabrook contends, they are more likely to join the growing chorus of scientists, conservationists, fishermen, and coastal visitors and residents calling for protection of these truly amazing places.
Tidal Salt Marshes of the Southeast Atlantic Coast
Author: Richard G. WiegertPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Salt marsh animals
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Tidal Salt Marshes of the Southeastern Atlantic Coast
Author: Richard G. WiegertPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Salt marsh animals
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
The Ecology of Tidal Marshes of the Pacific Northwest Coast
Author: Denise M. SeliskarPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Northwest Coast of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Tidal Marshes of the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts of Northern Florida and Charleston, South Carolina
Author: Herman KurzBiological Report
Author: Field Guide to Coastal Wetland Plants of the Southeastern United States
Author: Ralph W. TinerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
"A superb illustrated flora with clear line drawings by talented botanical artist Abigail Rorer. With more than 250 specimens fully described, one can identify any plant found in the coastal wetlands of the Southeast". -- Choice
Wildlife of the Atlantic Coast Salt Marshes
Author: Waldo Lee McAteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biology
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description