| Description |
ix, 218 pages : colour illustrations, maps ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
The types of plants and animals that live on seashores in temperate regions are similar around the globe, but many of the individual species in south-eastern Australia are found only in this region. "Field Guide to the Seashores of South-Eastern Australia" features colour photographs, descriptions and ecological notes for around 240 species of the more common plants and animals found on rocky, sandy and muddy shores along the coastline from Port Lincoln, South Australia, to the Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, and Tasmania.This guide will allow beachgoers to learn interesting details about the plants and animals they come across, while also having sufficient scientific detail for natural history enthusiasts and biology students to develop their understanding of these shore ecosystems -- back cover |
| Contents |
Preface and acknowledgements -- Start here to get the most out of this guide -- Introduction --Conservation Code -- Preparing for your visit to the shoreline -- About scientific names -- Sea Country and Saltwater Peoples -- Human impacts on seashores in south-eastern Australia -- Conservation and management of south-eastern Australian shores -- Citizen science (by Rebecca Koss) -- Intertidal ecology -- Plants -- Introduction to marine plants -- Blue–green algae Red algae -- Green algae -- Brown algae -- Seagrasses -- Saltmarsh plants – Grey mangrove -- Lichens -- Animals of rocky shores -- Introduction -- Sponges -- Anemones -Flatworms -- Segmented or bristle worms -- Ribbon worms -- Peanut worms -- Shells -- Chitons -- Snails -- Sea slugs and nudibranchs -- Bivalves -- Octopus -- Animals with jointed limbs -- Barnacles -- Slaters, shrimp and crabs -- Lace coral -- Animals with tube feet -- Urchins -- Sea stars -- Brittle stars -- Sea cucumbers -- Sea squirts, tunicates -- Animals of sandy and muddy shores -- Important marine soft-sediment habitats -- Life beneath your beach towel -- Typical beach bugs -- Sandy beach predators -- Like a bug stuck in the mud -- Segmented or bristle worms -- Shells -- Molluscs with coiled shells -- Molluscs with two shells -- Animals with jointed limbs -- Sand hoppers, sea slaters, shrimp and crabs -- Millipedes, insects and spiders -- Egg masses -- All washed up: natural marine debris -- Glossary -- Further reading -- Index of common names -- Index of scientific names |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-211) and indexes |
| Subject |
Field guides
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Plants -- Australia, Southeastern -- Identification
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Animals -- Australia, Southeastern -- Identification
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Seashore animals -- Australia -- Identification
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Seashore plants -- Australia -- Identification
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Zoology: Invertebrates.
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Nature - Wildlife.
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Coastlines.
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Botany & plant sciences.
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| Genre/Form |
Field guides.
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Deakin authored content
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| Author |
Matthews, Ty G., author
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Bellgrove, Alecia, author
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Wescott, G. C. (Geoff C.), author.
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CSIRO Publishing, issuing body
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| LC no. |
jb2023021749 |
| ISBN |
9781486315123 (paperback) |
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1486315127 (paperback) |
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