Preface to the Third Edition | p. viii |
Preface to the Second Edition | p. x |
Preface | p. xi |
Introduction | p. xii |
General Shore and Faunal Features | p. 1 |
The Habitats | p. 1 |
The Fauna | p. 4 |
Lifestyles | p. 4 |
Invertebrate Taxa | p. 5 |
Jetties and Groins | p. 9 |
The Ubiquitous Barnacles | p. 10 |
Fleet-Footed Scavengers | p. 11 |
Oyster Drills and Hermit Crabs | p. 12 |
Flowers in the Crevices | p. 14 |
Crabs and Shrimp on the Jetty | p. 15 |
Migration of the Sea Hare | p. 16 |
Spiny Delicacies | p. 17 |
Beach Fleas and Skeleton Shrimp | p. 17 |
Jetty Animals That Resemble Plants | p. 18 |
Sandy Beaches | p. 21 |
Life on the Upper Beach | p. 22 |
Life on the Littoral Beach | p. 24 |
Snails That Leave Trails | p. 25 |
Worms in the Surf Zone | p. 27 |
Life Below the Littoral Zone | p. 28 |
Starfishes and Sea Pansies | p. 28 |
Yellow and Purple Whips | p. 30 |
Life Beyond the Breakers | p. 30 |
Crabs | p. 30 |
Snails | p. 31 |
Clams | p. 32 |
The Edible Blue Crab and Its Kin | p. 34 |
Spider Crabs | p. 37 |
Flotsam and Jetsam | p. 39 |
Portuguese Man-of-War | p. 40 |
Purple Sailors and Bubble Rafts | p. 41 |
Onions from the Sea | p. 42 |
The Floating Sargassum Community | p. 42 |
A Deep-Sea Castaway | p. 45 |
Offshore Bottoms: The Shrimp Grounds | p. 46 |
The Ubiquitous Fauna | p. 47 |
Nearshore Worms and Neighbors | p. 50 |
Spring Bloomers | p. 53 |
Shrimp for the Table and Aquarium | p. 55 |
Crabs--Like Hermits and Frogs | p. 58 |
Creatures to Entice the Sea Lover | p. 60 |
The Elusive Octopus | p. 62 |
The Bay Shore: Salt Marshes | p. 63 |
Mussels and Worms in the Mud | p. 65 |
Fiddler Crabs and More Fiddler Crabs | p. 66 |
Key to the Fiddler Crabs of Northwestern Gulf Coast | p. 67 |
Life in the Marsh Debris | p. 68 |
Land Crabs | p. 69 |
Invisible Grass Shrimp | p. 70 |
The Bay Shore: Mud Flats | p. 71 |
Razors, Jackknives, and Boring Clams | p. 71 |
Clams for Food, Roads, and Barter | p. 73 |
Mud Crabs and Mud Shrimp | p. 74 |
Delicate Ribbon Worms | p. 75 |
Augers, Drills, and Moon Snails | p. 76 |
Hermit Crabs on the Bayshore | p. 77 |
Worms and Their Neighbors | p. 77 |
Life in the Seagrass Meadow | p. 79 |
Clams and Scallops of the Grass Beds | p. 81 |
The Inconspicuous Cucumber | p. 83 |
The Carnivorous Whelks | p. 83 |
Tusks and Bubbles | p. 84 |
Artificial Reef Habitats | p. 86 |
Barnacles Upon Barnacles | p. 87 |
Add Soft Colors and Textures | p. 88 |
Serpentine and Mossy Forms | p. 89 |
Denizens of the Crevices | p. 94 |
Pill Bugs, Crabs, and Sea Spiders | p. 95 |
Clams, Oysters, and Mussels | p. 98 |
Oyster Reefs | p. 102 |
Reef Inhabitants | p. 103 |
Oyster Predators | p. 104 |
Oysters as Shelter | p. 105 |
Shell Habitats | p. 107 |
Shell Inhabitants | p. 108 |
Slipper Shells | p. 108 |
Hydroids | p. 108 |
Bryozoans, Sponges, and Scaleworms | p. 109 |
Anemones and Flatworms | p. 110 |
Plankton and Nekton | p. 112 |
Plankton and Nekton | p. 112 |
Sea Nettles, Sea Wasps, and Sea Walnuts | p. 113 |
Nekton | p. 117 |
Sea Turtles | p. 119 |
Loggerhead Turtles | p. 123 |
Green Turtles | p. 127 |
Kemp's Ridley Turtles | p. 134 |
Leatherback Turtles | p. 137 |
Hawksbill Turtles | p. 141 |
A Note on Biological Terminology | p. 144 |
Phylogenetic List | p. 145 |
Glossary | p. 152 |
Bibliography | p. 156 |
Index | p. 172 |
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