Life on Intertidal Rocks: A Guide to the Marine Life of the Rocky North Atlantic Coast

Easily Identify the Living Things You Find on Intertidal Rocks! Enjoy learning to identify marine life on the rocky north Atlantic coast with this pocket-size field guide from author Cherie Hunter Day. With this handy, easy-to-use book, you'll be able to identify a wide variety of living things in no time. And its small size makes it just right for fitting into your pocket or pack when you go for a walk along the rocky coast. Table of Contents: Species List Blue-green algae Thread-like green algae Ribbon-like green algae Sheet-like green algae Brown algae and Rockweed Feathery brown algae Kelps Sheet-like red algae Calcified red algae Feathery red algae Sponges Hydroids Sea anemones Coiled tubeworms Scaleworms Ribbonworms Periwinkles and whelks Mussels Jingle shells and toenail shells Sea slugs and nudibranchs Bryozoans and sea-moss animals Acorn barnacles Isopods Amphipods Crabs Spider crabs Lobster Hermit crabs Sea spiders and pycnogonids Sea stars Sea cucumber Sea urchin Tunicates Cherie Hunter Day currently resides in Menlo Park, California, and is the author of several nature-themed books. Adventure Publications Pub Date: January 01, 1987 0.32" H x 4.02" L x 5.88" W 64 pages paperback