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The figure of an old man poling a skiff toward shore against the evening light engaged Susan Brait to learn about Chesapeake Bay, and it is that image which opens this her book on the oystermen of the Bay and the sapping of their traditional life, and even the bounty of the Bay itself, by the demands of American society.With directness and poetic economy Brait takes the reader into the life of the Bay and into the complex relationships that affect oysters and those who make their living from them. Her account weaves easily from the daily work of oystermen to the natural forces that have shaped
Oyster culture --- Fishers --- Oyster fisheries --- Farming, Oyster --- Oyster farming --- Bivalve culture --- Fisheries --- Anglers --- Fishermen --- Persons --- Chesapeake Bay region (Md. and Va.) --- Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) --- E-books --- Sports persons --- Sportspersons
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For decades, marine scientists Robert and Alice Jane Lippson have traveled the ""inner coast""--the rivers, backwaters, sounds, bays, lagoons, and inlets stretching from the Chesapeake Bay to the Florida Keys--aboard their trawler, Odyssey. The culmination of their leisurely journeys, Life along the Inner Coast is a guidebook to the plants, animals, and habitats found in one of the most biologically diverse regions on the planet.This dense system of waterways contains an incredible range of salinity levels, from fresh to brackish to oceanic, and is host to flora and fauna
Natural history --- Intracoastal waterways --- Coastal ecology --- Mangrove ecology --- Barrier island ecology --- Barrier islands --- Island ecology --- Mangrove forest ecology --- Mangrove forests --- Mangrove plants --- Mangrove swamp ecology --- Mangrove swamps --- Forest ecology --- Swamp ecology --- Coast ecology --- Coastal zone ecology --- Coasts --- Coastal biology --- Ecology --- Sublittoral ecology --- Coastal waterways --- Intracoastal navigation --- Waterways, Intracoastal --- Waterways --- History, Natural --- Natural science --- Physiophilosophy --- Biology --- Science --- Atlantic Coast (U.S.) --- East Coast (U.S.) --- Eastern Seaboard (U.S.) --- Atlantic States --- Environmental conditions.
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