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"A beginner-friendly guide to the natural history of San Francisco's coast, including watercolors of local creatures"-- Provided by publisher.
List of contents
Authors Note
OCEAN BEACH
- Water and Weather
- Fog
- Waves
- Tides and Currents
- Riptides
- Sea Foam
- Sandbars and Sand Dunes
FAUNA
Hard-Bodied Creatures
- Sand Crab
- Dungeness Crab
- Sand Dollar
Soft-Bodied Creatures
- By-the-Wind Sailor
- Moon Jelly
- Pacific Sea Nettle
Seabirds and Shorebirds
- California Brown Pelican
- Cormorant
- Western Gull
- Snowy Plover
- Sanderling
- Willet
- Short-Billed Dowitcher
Fully Aquatic Marine Mammals
- Gray Whale
- Humpback Whale
- Blue Whale
- Sperm Whale
- Common Bottlenose Dolphin
- Harbor Porpoise
Partially Aquatic Marine Mammals
- California Sea Lion
- Harbor Seal
Fish
- Surfperch
- Striped Bass
- Great White Shark
FLORA
- Beach Strawberry
- Silver Dune Lupine
- Bull Kelp
- Ice Plant
- European Beachgrass
Ocean Beach Ecosystem: Looking Forward
Acknowledgments
Resources
About the Author
About the Illustrator
About the author
Eddy Rubin is a longtime Ocean Beach enthusiast who has been walking, surfing, and foraging along the beach for decades. When not spending time at Ocean Beach, he led the Human Genome Project at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. There, Eddy oversaw the mapping of genomes for humans, Neanderthals, and dozens of animals, plants, and microbes. His awards include an honorary doctoral degree, membership in a royal society, and—a matter of great personal pride—election into the Ocean Beach Double Overhead Surf Association.
Greg Wright has lived on the west side of San Francisco and surfed at Ocean Beach for more than a decade. While spending his days working in technology, he has cultivated a passion for art and the beach's fall and winter swells.
