By: JR Packham and AJ Willis
334 pages, B/w photos, line illus, figs, tabs
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Describes and interprets the complex interactions between coastal organisms and the winds, tides and other water movements which shape the silt, sand and shingle of these ecosystems. |The book deals with: primary production from a systems approach; the strategies of key species; ecosystem dynamics; the operation of ecological processes; environmental impacts of pollution, drainage and water abstraction and recent increases in invasive species; effects of sea level changes, and coastal management and conservation. An immensely useful synthesis of current knowledge.
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Primary production - the autotrophs; water, nutrients and ionic relationships; salt marshes and the tides; salt marsh dynamics; sand dunes - intitiation, development and function; sand dune dynamics; shingle beaches, spits, bars and barrier islands; environmental impacts; variation in sea level and climatic change; coastal management and conservation. English and Latin names of some common coastal organisms.
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By: JR Packham and AJ Willis
334 pages, B/w photos, line illus, figs, tabs