Table of Contents

List of Maps
Preface
A Perspective: Past, Present, and Future
1. Ecology of the Chesapeake Bay
How Salty Is the Water?
Typical Habitats of the Bay and Its Tributaries
Classification of Animals and Plants
2. Sand Beaches
Plants along the Upper Beach
Dwellers on the Beach
Signs of Life
Birds of the Beach
Ancient Relics of the Sea
Shell Guide
3. Intertidal Flats
Plant Life on the Flats
Roamers over the Flats
The World beneath the Intertidal Muds
Waders and Pickers on the Flats
4. Pipers, Rocks, and Jetties
Barnacles
Bugs of the Pilings
Sea Squirts and the Like
Mussels
Sponges
Sea Anemones
Hydroids—Feathery Animals
Whip Coral
Skeleton Shrimps
Bryozoans
Termites of the Sea
Aerial Gleaners
5. Shallow Waters
Fishes
Plankton Soup
Insects of the Shallows
Crustaceans of the Shallows
Clams of the Shallows
Snails of Fresher Waters
Arks of the Lower Bay
Birds of the Shallows
Turtles and Snakes
6. Seagrass Meadows and Weed Beds
Underwater Plants
Seagrass Meadows
Weed Beds of the Upper Bay
7. Wetlands
Tidal Freshwater Marshes
Salt Marshes
The Maritime Forest
Insects of the Wetlands
Birds of the Wetlands
Mammals of the Wetlands
8. Oyster Bars
The Famous Oyster
Life in, on, and among the Oysters
Crabs and Other Crustaceans
Mollusks of the Oyster Community
Fishes
9. Deeper, Open Waters
Dwellers on the Bottom
Dwellers in the Bottom
Creatures of the Open Waters
Fishes of the Open Waters
Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles of the Open Waters
Birds of the Open Waters
Glossary
Species List and Distributions by Salinity Zones
Birds-Species List and Seasonal Occurence
Selected References
Index