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ISBN: 1474453724 1474435750 1474435769 1474435734 1474435742 Year: 2018 Publisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,
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This volume examines the cultural importance of the coastline in Britain during a time of vast change.
Coasts --- Tourism --- Seashore --- History --- Great Britain --- Social life and customs --- Sea shore --- Sea shores --- Seashores --- Shore, Sea --- Shores, Sea --- Landforms --- Beaches --- Holiday industry --- Operators, Tour (Industry) --- Tour operators (Industry) --- Tourism industry --- Tourism operators (Industry) --- Tourist industry --- Tourist trade --- Tourist traffic --- Travel industry --- Visitor industry --- Service industries --- National tourism organizations --- Travel --- Economic aspects --- 1800-1899
ISBN: 1282359223 178034886X 9786612359224 0520933753 9780520933750 9780520251182 0520251180 Year: 2007 Publisher: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press,
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Tidepools and rocky shores are among the most physically stressful environments on earth. When the tide is high, waves can sweep over plants and animals at velocities as high as 60 miles per hour, while at low tide, the same organisms dry up and bake in the sun. Yet despite this seeming inhospitality, tidepools and rocky shores are exceptionally complex and biologically diverse. This comprehensive encyclopedia is an authoritative, one-stop reference for everyone interested in the biology and ecology of this fascinating and uniquely accessible environment. Conveniently arranged alphabetically, nearly 200 wide-ranging entries written in clear language by scientists from around the world provide a state-of-the-art picture of tidepools and rocky shore science. From Abalones, Barnacles, and Climate Change through Seagrasses, Tides, and Wind, the articles discuss the animals and plants that live in tidepools, the physics and chemistry of the rocky shore environment, the ecological principles that govern tidepools, and many other interdisciplinary topics. * Generously illustrated with hundreds of color photographs, drawings, and diagrams * The only comprehensive volume available on tidepools and rocky shores * Articles include in-depth looks at animal and algal diversity and overviews of the history of research, rocky shore management, and conservation * Contributors are experts on physics and physical oceanography, experimental ecology, population genetics, taxonomy, and other disciplines
Seashore --- Seashore ecology --- Tide pools --- Tide pool ecology --- Sea shore --- Sea shores --- Seashores --- Shore, Sea --- Shores, Sea --- Landforms --- Beaches --- Coasts --- Coastal ecology --- Seashore biology --- Pools, Tide --- Tidal pools --- Tidepools --- Tidal pool ecology --- Tidepool ecology --- Marine ecology --- abalones. --- adhesion. --- algae. --- algal blooms. --- algal economics. --- amphipods. --- biodiversity. --- biology and ecology. --- brachiopods. --- cephalopods. --- chemosensation. --- climate change. --- coastal geology. --- coastal water. --- college textbook. --- conservation. --- environmentalism. --- fungi. --- geology. --- gulf. --- isopods. --- lichen. --- marine animal disease. --- marine animals. --- morphology. --- natural sciences. --- ocean.
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ISBN: 1283278014 9786613278012 0520948947 9780520948945 9780520268715 0520268717 9780520268722 0520268725 Year: 2011 Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press,
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Take this book to the beach; it will open up a whole new world. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, maps, and graphics, it explores one of the planet's most dynamic environments-from tourist beaches to Arctic beaches strewn with ice chunks to steaming hot tropical shores. The World's Beaches tells how beaches work, explains why they vary so much, and shows how dramatic changes can occur on them in a matter of hours. It discusses tides, waves, and wind; the patterns of dunes, washover fans, and wrack lines; and the shape of berms, bars, shell lags, cusps, ripples, and blisters. What is the world's longest beach? Why do some beaches sing when you walk on them? Why do some have dark rings on their surface and tiny holes scattered far and wide? This fascinating, comprehensive guide also considers the future of beaches, and explains how extensively people have affected them-from coastal engineering to pollution, oil spills, and rising sea levels.
Beaches. --- Seashore. --- Coasts. --- Coast changes. --- Coastal erosion --- Coasts --- Shore erosion --- Littoral drift --- Physical geography --- Coastal landforms --- Coastal zones --- Coastlines --- Landforms --- Seashore --- Sea shore --- Sea shores --- Seashores --- Shore, Sea --- Shores, Sea --- Beaches --- Erosion --- Coast changes --- arctic beaches. --- bars. --- beach ecosystems. --- beach environments. --- beach guides. --- beach variety. --- beaches. --- berms. --- blisters. --- coastal engineering. --- color photographs. --- cusps. --- dunes. --- earth sciences. --- global beaches. --- guidebook. --- illustrated. --- maps. --- natural sciences. --- natural variety. --- nonfiction. --- oceans. --- oil spills. --- pollution. --- ripples. --- rising sea levels. --- scientists. --- shell lags. --- shorelines. --- tides. --- tourist destinations. --- tropical shores. --- washover fans. --- waves. --- wind. --- wrack lines.
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