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Zusatztext Overall! the book is a delightful piece of work! well documented! with more than 500 references. The text is easy to read and gives a straightforward synthesis of current scientific knowledge. Its conciseness! key-references and many diagrams! make it a goldmine for teachers of marine ecology. Informationen zum Autor Colin Little studied zoology at Cambridge University, and stayed on to do a Ph.D. on snail physiology. Then he migrated to Miami, USA, where he worked at the Institute of Marine Science, University of Miami, and first encountered the (at the time little-known) phylum Pogonophora. This provided his conversion to marine biology, and he returned to the University of Bristol, England and began to study the biology of the Severn Estuary as well as the brackish-waterecology of coastal lagoons. Running marine field courses and teaching estuarine and marine biology became major interests. He started to do research at Lough Hyne, Ireland, about 30 years ago, and there he began to concentrate on the biology of limpets and long-term intertidal monitoring. He is nowretired, but continues these monitoring studies. Gray A. Williams spent many of his childhood summers messing around on the shores of South Wales. He enjoyed it so much, he decided to make a career of it and studied Biology at the University of Manchester, UK. After graduation, he studied for a PhD at the University of Bristol, investigating the relationship between littorinid snails and their host algae. During this time, he was lucky enough to be introduced to Lough Hyne, Ireland which stimulated his interest in the foraging behaviour ofmarine gastropods. He continued his work on littorinids as a Post Doctoral Fellow at Port Erin Marine Laboratory, Liverpool University, before joining The University of Hong Kong to work at The Swire Institute of Marine Science, which he currently runs. In his time at Hong Kong he has supervised >30 higher degree students and teaches courses on coastal ecology. His present research focuses on thermal stress and its impact on the behaviour and physiology of intertidal grazers.Cynthia D. Trowbridge has been fascinated with tidepools, beach drift and marine life for the past forty years. Her educational background includes a B.A. from Cornell University and a Ph.D. from Oregon State University. She has conducted ecological research on herbivore-seaweed interactions in nine countries, including her current work in the UK, Ireland and Japan. Her specialties include the feeding ecology of herbivorous sea slugs and the problem of invasive seaweeds. She teachesmarine-oriented field courses for university students, state park staff, and the general public. Cynthia is the currently serving as the Managing Editor of the American Malacological Bulletin. Klappentext Successful first edition! thoroughly revised and updated with expanded coverage of topical materialTheme-based approach in line with current teaching practiceNew section on techniques and experimental approaches with suggestions for student-based project workConcise and affordable overview providing a complete coverage of the fieldGlobal range of examples promotes international appealExamines the entire range of biota (microbes! invertebrates! plants and vertebrates) in the context of their physical environment New to this editionThis second edition adds several dimensions to the first! by incorporating the expertise of two new authors! one based in Hong Kong! the other in USA. Since the original edition in 1996! views of how rocky shore communities are regulated have changed! and the book discusses these changes. It is no longer limited to the north-west Atlantic! but covers rocky shores worldwide. It discusses the diversity of shore organisms in terms of functional groups! and it now gives a detailed account of how organisms have adapted to the physical constraints of living on rocky shores. It provides advice on ...
Summary
This book is about how animals and plants on rocky seashores live - how they feed, grow, reproduce and interact, and why they are found in particular places but not in others. It discusses why some shores appear so different from others, and it analyses the ways in which human influence has altered so many.
