Discovering Fire Island - Bill Perry - Bog

CONTENTS:A Ramble Across the Barrier Island HippocampusBirth of a Barrier BeachHow to Be a Beachcomber Your Beachcombing Kit Amphipods Mole Crabs Razor Clams After the StormUp and Down in the Dune and Swale Zone What's in a Name? Natural Communities Food ChainsMysteries of the Maritime Forest EcosystemWet Your Feet in the Salt Marsh What Good is a Salt Marsh? Natural SuccessionWho's Who in the Zostera Community The Eelgrass Blight Niches Glossary Reading ListExplorations A Living Fossil Beachcombers All Be a Scavenger Sunlight and Sand Osmosis Profiling a Community Comparing Communities Backyard Ecology The Eelgrass Microhabitat The Web of Life