x, 431 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Contents
1. The setting -- 2. The economy of the shoreline : the production and consumption of resources -- 3. Reproduction and recruitment of shoreline organisms -- 4. Process and pattern in shoreline communities -- 5. Rocky shores -- 6. Soft-sediment habitats -- 7. Salt marsh and mangrove communities