Book Description
Takes readers on a walk at a sheltered bay, showing examples of how the animals and plants of estuaries are connected and dependent on each other and the estuary's mix of fresh and salt water.
Author : Rebecca L. Johnson
Publisher : Lerner Publications
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 21,89 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781575055923
Takes readers on a walk at a sheltered bay, showing examples of how the animals and plants of estuaries are connected and dependent on each other and the estuary's mix of fresh and salt water.
Author : Lisa Colozza Cocca
Publisher : Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,8 MB
Release : 2019-08-11
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1731615477
Life in the estuary is always changing. Ocean tides of salt water flow in and out of the estuary and mix with the fresh water that flows from rivers and streams. The animals that swim or wade in the waters or make the mudflats their homes must have physical or social adaptations that allow them to live in the salty mix. In this book, readers in grades 3-5 will discover how and why animals survive and thrive in these sheltered biomes. This NGSS-aligned series is packed with interesting facts and vivid photos that introduce readers to a variety of land and water animals. Each book includes a glossary, comprehension questions, and an activity for home or the classroom.
Author : Rachel Lichtenstein
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 MB
Release : 2017-11-21
Category : History
ISBN : 0141018534
LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2017 A hauntingly beautiful social history of the Thames Estuary, from the author of On Brick Lane Out at the eastern edge of England, between land and ocean, you will find beautiful, haunted salt marshes, coastal shallows and wide-open skies: the Thames Estuary. The estuary is an ancient gateway to England, a passage for numberless travellers in and out of London. And for generations, the people of Kent and Essex have lived and worked on the Estuary, learning its waters, losing loved ones to its deeps. Their heritage is a proud but never an easy one. In the face of a world changing around them, they endure. Rachel Lichtenstein spent five years exploring this unique community and recording its extraordinary chorus of voices, present and past. From mud larkers and fishermen to radio pirates and champion racers, from buried princesses to unexploded bombs, Estuary is a celebration of a haunting & profoundly British place.
Author : Donald Wojahn
Publisher : Lerner Publications
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 29,39 MB
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0761357181
Welcome to a North American estuary! As you travel through the swamp’s murky water, you wade through green duckweed and push ahead to the moss-draped trees at the water’s edge. Everything seems green and still. But the estuary is full of life, from an American alligator lying in wait for a cottonmouth snake, to a swarm of biting midges stinging you. Day and night in the estuary, the hunt is on to find food - and to avoid becoming someone else’s next meal. All living things are connected to one another in a food chain, from animal to animal, animal to plant, plant to insect, and insect to animal. What path will you take to follow the food chain through the estuary? Will you ...swoop through the sky with a barred owl chasing a mouse? Join a family of opossums munching on a poisonous snake? Nibble on some water plants with a swamp rabbit? Follow all three chains and many more on this who-eats-what adventure!
Author : Jeffrey S. Levinton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 13,87 MB
Release : 2006-01-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521844789
The Hudson River Estuary, first published in 2006, is a scientific biography with relevance to similar natural systems.
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Page : 200 pages
File Size : 12,65 MB
Release : 1976
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Page : 124 pages
File Size : 25,38 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Estuaries
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Author : Sandra M. Fiori
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 579 pages
File Size : 31,19 MB
Release : 2021-08-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 3030664864
The Bahía Blanca Estuary is one of the largest coastal systems in Atlantic South America. This mesotidal estuary, situated in a sharp transition between humid subtropical and semiarid climates, has a unique combination of large interannual climatic variations. The estuarine area encompasses roughly 2300 square kilometers and is composed of wide expanses of intertidal flats, salt marshes, and emerged islands, which create intricate landscape patterns. Natural environments in the estuary sustain a high concentration of marine and terrestrial species, including endemic, threatened, and endangered fish and shorebirds. Puerto Cuatreros, in the inner zone of the estuary, hosts a permanent marine research station, whose records span more than 30 years of biophysical variables, and represent one of the largest time series of ecological data in South America. Beyond its ecological relevance, the Bahía Blanca Estuary is under increasing anthropogenic pressure from large urban settlements, industrial developments and harbors, raising the question of how to balance conservation and development. The Bahía Blanca Estuary: Ecology and Biodiversity offers a comprehensive review of life in the ecosystems of the estuary. The book is divided into five major sections, the first of which provides a description of the regional setting and covers key aspects of estuarine dynamics. The three following sections are dedicated to different habitat types and, within each section, the chapters are organized around major functional groups from pelagic and benthic environments. The fifth and final section covers issues related to management and conservation. Overall, the book provides essential and up-to-date reference material on the biodiversity and ecosystem processes of the Bahía Blanca Estuary, and will appeal to a broad international audience.
Author : Harold Rogers Wanless
Publisher :
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 24,52 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Loxahatchee River Estuary (Fla.)
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Page : 700 pages
File Size : 45,21 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Animals
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