Shore ecology of the Gulf of Mexico /
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| Author / Creator: | Britton, Joseph C. |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | Austin : University of Texas Press, 1989. |
| Description: | viii, 387 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1031575 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Part 1. Introduction
- 1. The Western Gulf of Mexico: An Introduction to Shores and Life
- Taxonomy: The Names of Things
- Community Relationships
- Shore Categories and Gulf Shore Communities
- Climate
- A Survey of the Coastline
- 2. The Tidal Shore: Principles and Processes
- Tides
- Waves
- Exposure Gradients
- Zonation
- The Molding of the Shoreline
- Toward Gulf Shores
- Part 2. Hard Shores
- 3. Hard Shores of the Northwestern Gulf
- Introduction
- Biotic Zonation on the Texas Jetties
- Environmental Gradients and Texas Jetties
- The Supralittoral Fringe
- The Mid-littoral Zone
- The Sublittoral Fringe and Sublittoral Zone
- Gulls and Terns
- 4. The Hard Shores of Eastern Mexico
- Introduction
- Man-made Hard Shores
- Natural Mainland Hard Shores
- Toward the Tropical Hard Shores
- A Final Perspective
- 5. Bay Hard Shores
- Introduction
- Bay Breakwaters
- Pilings
- The Oyster Community
- Fishes
- Pelicans, Cormorants and the Oyster Catcher
- A Perspective on Oysters
- Part 3. Soft Shores
- 6. Gulf Beaches and Barrier Islands
- Introduction
- Sands, Spits and Barrier Islands
- The Foreshore: Intertidal Sand
- The Strand Line
- The Backshore
- The Upper Shore
- The Sandy Gulf Beaches of Yucatan
- Sargent Beach
- Toward Bayshores
- 7. Texas Primary Bays
- Introduction
- Physical Features of Texas Estuaries
- Estuarine Life
- Bayshore Vegetation
- Fauna of the Bayshores
- Biota of the Subtidal Grassbeds
- Unvegetated Subtidal Bayfloors
- Bay Macroplankton
- Bay Fishes and Cephalopods
- The Harvestfish
- 8. Secondary Bays, Lower Salinity Marshlands and Hypersaline Lagoons
- Introduction
- Salinity Profile of a Typical Estuary
- Texas Secondary Bays
- Coastal Marshlands
- Hypersaline Lagoons
- 9. Mangrove Shores
- Introduction
- The Plants
- The Texas Mangal
- Mangroves of Central Mexico Shores
- Northern Yucatan Mangroves
- Mangroves in Perspective
- Part 4. Subtidal Sands, Banks and Coral Reefs
- 10. Subtidal Sands and Banks
- Introduction
- Texas Offshore Sands
- The Offshore Fauna of Yucatan
- Offshore Banks of the Northwestern Gulf
- 11. Coral Communities of the Western Gulf of Mexico
- Introduction
- Reefs of the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico
- Nearshore Reefs of Central Mexico
- Yucatan Offshore Reefs and Banks
- Toward the Caribbean
- Part 5. The Future
- 12. The Future for Gulf Shores
- Introduction
- The Changing/Evolving Shore
- The Human Influence
- The Human Legacy
- Conservation
- Epilogue
- Glossary
- A Taxonomic Guide
- Literature
- Index
