Fylling's Illustrated Guide to Pacific Coast Tide Pools
This scientifically accurate yet utterly charming field guide to the Pacific coast intertidal zone introduces readers to a world populated by spectacular wildlife.

Explore 150-year-old giant green anemones that paralyze their prey with their petal-like tentacles; sunflower sea stars that traverse the tide pool floor on twenty-four limbs; orange-tipped, opalescent sea slugs that dabble in cannibalism; and much, much more. Small enough to fit in a back pocket during a beach hike, this guide contains concise descriptions of tide pools' most common residents, noting each organism's size and zonation, as well as a few of its fascinating (and sometimes grotesque) habits. Full-color illustrations reminiscent of prints by Ernst Haeckel help tide poolers with easy identification, and tips for viewing help you explore the abundance that tide pools have to offer.

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Fylling's Illustrated Guide to Pacific Coast Tide Pools
This scientifically accurate yet utterly charming field guide to the Pacific coast intertidal zone introduces readers to a world populated by spectacular wildlife.

Explore 150-year-old giant green anemones that paralyze their prey with their petal-like tentacles; sunflower sea stars that traverse the tide pool floor on twenty-four limbs; orange-tipped, opalescent sea slugs that dabble in cannibalism; and much, much more. Small enough to fit in a back pocket during a beach hike, this guide contains concise descriptions of tide pools' most common residents, noting each organism's size and zonation, as well as a few of its fascinating (and sometimes grotesque) habits. Full-color illustrations reminiscent of prints by Ernst Haeckel help tide poolers with easy identification, and tips for viewing help you explore the abundance that tide pools have to offer.

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Fylling's Illustrated Guide to Pacific Coast Tide Pools

Fylling's Illustrated Guide to Pacific Coast Tide Pools

Fylling's Illustrated Guide to Pacific Coast Tide Pools

Fylling's Illustrated Guide to Pacific Coast Tide Pools

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Overview

This scientifically accurate yet utterly charming field guide to the Pacific coast intertidal zone introduces readers to a world populated by spectacular wildlife.

Explore 150-year-old giant green anemones that paralyze their prey with their petal-like tentacles; sunflower sea stars that traverse the tide pool floor on twenty-four limbs; orange-tipped, opalescent sea slugs that dabble in cannibalism; and much, much more. Small enough to fit in a back pocket during a beach hike, this guide contains concise descriptions of tide pools' most common residents, noting each organism's size and zonation, as well as a few of its fascinating (and sometimes grotesque) habits. Full-color illustrations reminiscent of prints by Ernst Haeckel help tide poolers with easy identification, and tips for viewing help you explore the abundance that tide pools have to offer.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781597143028
Publisher: Heyday
Publication date: 06/01/2015
Series: Fylling's Illustrated Guides , #1
Pages: 96
Product dimensions: 4.90(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Marni Fylling has been enchanted by the natural world for as long as she can remember, finding her earliest inspirations in her urban backyard and her dad’s college biology textbook. She studied zoology at UC Davis and natural science illustration at UC Santa Cruz. A science illustrator, writer, and educator, her favorite activity is exploring tide pools, although sketching insects and wildflowers (or just about anything else) is a close second. She is the author of two books with Heyday, Fylling’s Illustrated Guide to Pacific Coast Tide Pools and Fylling’s Illustrated Guide to Nature in Your Neighborhood.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword: "Time to Tide Pool" by Chris Giorni

Introduction

Sea Anemones

Sponges

Mollusks: Giant Pacific Octopus, Snails, Limpets, Nudibranchs, and Chitons

Worms

Arthropods: Barnacles, Isopods, Sea Spiders, and Crabs

Echinoderms: Sea Stars, Brittle Stars, and Puple Sea Urchin

Tunicates

Fishes

Birds

Marine Algae

Appendix: Common Names and Binomials

References

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