x, 431 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-421) and index.
Contents
The setting -- The economy of the shoreline: the production and consumption of resources -- Reproduction and recruitment of shoreline organisms -- Process and pattern in shoreline communities -- Rocky shores -- Soft-sediment habitats -- Salt marsh and mangrove communities.