Coastal Regions & Shorelines

The North Carolina barrier islands, a 325-mile-long string of narrow sand islands that forms the coast of North Carolina, are one of the most beloved areas to live and visit in the United States. However, extensive barrier island segments and their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820012063Author Jack RudloeFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Great Outdoors Publishing CompanyPublisher Great Outdoors Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998510606Author Thomas E CochraneFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint River Beach PressPublisher River Beach PressWeight(grams) 372gDimensions(mm) 235mm...

Having lived on Cumberland Island for more than forty years, Carol Ruckdeschel's goal has been to document present conditions of the island's flora and fauna, establishing a baseline from which to assess future changes. Since the late 1960s, she has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998207117Author Nancy LeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Nancy Lee Artist By-The-SeaPublisher Nancy Lee Artist By-The-SeaWeight(grams) 109g

Oysters are a narrative food: in each shuck and slurp, an eater tastes the place where the animal was raised. But that's just the beginning. Andre Joseph Gallant uses the bivalve as a jumping of point to tell the story of a changing southeastern coast,...

For some years, The Nature of North Carolina's Southern Coast has stood as an essential resource for all who treasure our coastal environment. In this book, Dirk Frankenberg describes the southern coast's beaches, inlets, and estuaries and instructs...

Oysters are a narrative food: in each shuck and slurp, an eater tastes the place where the animal was raised. But that's just the beginning. Andre Joseph Gallant uses the bivalve as a jumping off point to tell the story of a changing southeastern coast,...

This is the authoritative book on sea level rise and its coastal consequences. On Shismaref Island in Alaska, homes are being washed into the sea. In the South Pacific, small island nations face annihilation by encroaching waters. In coastal Louisiana,...

Coming to Pass tells the story of a little-developed necklace of northern Gulf Coast islands. Both a field guide to a beloved and impermanent Florida landscape and a call for its protection, Susan Cerulean's memoir chronicles the uniquely beautiful coast...

"This book," writes marine biologist Evelyn B. Sherr, "is meant to give others an understanding of the fascinating life of the region, from the smallest creatures in marsh mud and estuarine water, to the mummichogs and multitudes of other...

The World of the Salt Marsh is a wide-ranging exploration of the southeastern coast-its natural history, its people and their way of life, and the historic and ongoing threats to its ecological survival. Focusing on areas from Cape Hatteras, North...

The vast and diverse California coast is an awe-inspiring place of exploration and discovery, full of life forms that are shockingly unfamiliar. Intertidal fish that can breathe in air, worms that build entire reefs, and seaweeds that can be mistaken for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781561644902Author Blair WitheringtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Pineapple Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781805053903Author Charis MatherFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint BookLife PublishingPublisher BookLife Publishing

For award-winning science writer Margie Pitlak, exploring the unique nature of the Maine coast opens a door to deeper ties and insights. Watching a striped monarch caterpillar transform into a chartreuse pendant dabbed with gold, she realizes the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820012025Author Cathie KatzFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Great Outdoors Publishing CompanyPublisher Great Outdoors Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)...

Melting ice sheets and warming oceans are causing the seas to rise. By the end of this century, hundreds of millions of people living at low elevations along coasts will be forced to retreat to higher and safer ground. Because of sea-level rise, major...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781805053927Author Ker Ker LeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint BookLife PublishingPublisher BookLife Publishing

"Saltmarshes are often remote, inhospitable places, neither land nor sea, as hard to pin down as they are to navigate. In this saline odyssey, Clive Chatters has explored his favourite creeks, pools and mudflats to bring us an absorbing celebration...

Shortlisted, New Brunswick Book Award for Non-FictionEvery summer between 1882 and 1929, naturalist William Francis Ganong travelled through the wilderness of New Brunswick, systematically mapping previously uncharted territories, taking photographs, and...

Cumberland Island is the southernmost and largest barrier island on the Georgia coast, with a history that predates the arrival of Western civilization in the Americas. Currently, it has few full- time residents, but its beauty brings thousands of...

Beaches are the most dynamic places on Earth, offering an infinite variety of patterns and geological land formations. This book celebrates and solves the mysteries of the fascinating and frequently abstract beauty of gravitational effects at the water's...

Get the tabbed guide to plants, animals, and sea shells of the Gulf of Mexico and the South Atlantic. Beaches are the borders between two vastly different ecosystems. As such, they are teeming with a variety of fascinating life. Whether you're a...

This book addresses disaster and disaster risk reduction (DRR) practices, constraints and capacity in the context of coastal Bangladesh.Located in the lower riparian of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh has to face frequent disasters such as floods,...

This book addresses disaster and disaster risk reduction (DRR) practices, constraints and capacity in the context of coastal Bangladesh. Located in the lower riparian of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh has to face frequent disasters such as floods,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820012018Author Cathie KatzFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Great Outdoors Publishing CompanyPublisher Great Outdoors Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)...

From winter's dormant woodlands and barren beaches, to the whales and waterbirds of high summer, this book explores Cape Cod's animals and plants through a year of dormancy, rebirth, and migration. In more than 150 photographs with captions, field...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780295749969Author Ryan P. KellyFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint University of Washington PressPublisher University of Washington PressWeight(grams)...

In a time of accelerating sea level rise and increasingly intensifying storms, the world’s sandy beaches and dunes have never been more crucial to protecting coastal environments. Yet, in order to meet the demands of large-scale construction projects,...

A lavishly illustrated and long-overdue guidebook to the rich natural history of Long Island Sound and its coastlines, a region beloved by millions of people Long Island Sound consists of a diverse collection of unique marine, estuarine, and terrestrial...

In recent years, citizen science has emerged as a powerful new concept to enable the general public, students, and volunteers to become involved in scientific research. A prime example is in biodiversity conservation, where data collection and monitoring...

This valuable book is a comprehensive volume on mangroves, with information accessible to both botany professionals and students. It provides an easy method of identifying mangroves and distinguishing one species from another. What is a mangrove and what...

This valuable book is a comprehensive volume on mangroves, with information accessible to both botany professionals and students. It provides an easy method of identifying mangroves and distinguishing one species from another. What is a mangrove and what...

Melting ice sheets and warming oceans are causing the seas to rise. By the end of this century, hundreds of millions of people living at low elevations along coasts will be forced to retreat to higher and safer ground. Because of sea-level rise, major...