Encyclopedia of tidepools and rocky shores / edited by Mark W. Denny, Steve D. Gaines.

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 inhospitalit...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors:	Denny, Mark W., 1951-, Gaines, Steven D. (Steven Dean), 1955-
Other title:	Encyclopedia of tidepools & rocky shores.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2007.
Series:	Encyclopedias of the natural world ; no. 1.
Subjects:	Tide pool ecology > Encyclopedias. Tide pools > Encyclopedias. Seashore ecology > Encyclopedias. Seashore > Encyclopedias. Seashore. Seashore ecology. Tide pool ecology. Tide pools. Encyclopedias.