Main Title |
Life in the Chesapeake Bay / |
Author |
Lippson, Alice Jane.
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Other Authors |
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Publisher |
Johns Hopkins University Press, |
Year Published |
1984 |
OCLC Number |
09575894 |
ISBN |
0801830125; 9780801830129; 0801830133; 9780801830136 |
Subjects |
Marine biology--Chesapeake Bay (Md and Va) ;
Atlantic Ocean--Chesapeake Bay
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Additional Subjects |
Marine biology--Chesapeake Bay (Md and Va)
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EHBM |
QH104.5.C45L56 1984 |
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CEMM/ACESD Library/Narragansett,RI |
11/02/2007 |
EJDM |
QH104.5.C45L56 |
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Env Science Center Library/Ft Meade,MD |
01/01/1988 |
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Collation |
ix, 229 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-220) and index. |
Contents Notes |
Ecology of the Chesapeake Bay. How salty is the water? ; Typical habitats of the Bay and its tributaries ; Classification of animals and plants -- Sand beaches. Dwellers on the beach ; Signs of life ; Ancient relics of the sea ; Shell guide -- Intertidal flats. Plant life on the flats ; Roamers over the flats ; The world beneath the intertidal muds -- Piers, rocks, and jetties. Barnacles ; Bugs of the pilings ; Worms on the pilings ; Sea squirts and the like ; Mussels ; Sponges ; Sea anemones ; Hydroids : feathery animals ; Whip coral ; Skeleton shrimps ; Bryozoans ; Termites of the sea -- Shallow waters. Fishes ; Plankton soup ; Crustaceans of the shallows ; Clams of the shallows ; Snails of fresher waters ; Arks of the lower Bay -- Seagrass meadows and weed beds. Underwater plants ; Seagrass meadows ; Weed beds of the upper Bay -- Marshes. Tidal freshwater marshes ; Irregularly flooded saltmarshes ; Regularly flooded saltmarshes -- Oyster bars. The famous oyster ; Life in, on, and among the oysters ; Crabs and other crustaceans ; Mollusks of the oyster community ; Fishes -- Deeper, open waters. Dwellers on the bottom ; Dwellers in the bottom ; Creatures of the open waters ; Fishes of the open waters -- Species list and distributions by salinity zones. |
Place Published |
Baltimore : |
PUB Date Free Form |
c1984. |
BIB Level |
m |
Document Type |
BC |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
LCCN |
83011278 |
Merged OCLC records |
12502405 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20071030151351 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
01282cam 2200397 a 45020 |