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Life in the Chesapeake Bay
Lippson, Alice Jane; Lippson, Robert L.
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Description for Life in the Chesapeake Bay
Paperback. This classic guide to the plants and animals of the Chesapeake Bay will appeal to a variety of readers-year-round residents and summer vacationers, professional biologists and amateur scientists, conservationists and sportsmen. Num Pages: 344 pages, 210, 210 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: WNCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 749.
Life in the Chesapeake Bay is the most important book ever published on America's largest estuary. Since publication of the first edition in 1984, tens of thousands of naturalists, boaters, fishermen, and conservationists have relied on the book's descriptions of the Bay's plants, animals, and diverse habitats. Superbly illustrated and clearly written, this acclaimed guide describes hundreds of plants and animals and their habitats, from diamondback terrapins to blue crabs to hornshell snails. Now in its third edition, the book has been updated with a new gallery of thirty-nine color photographs and dozens of new species descriptions and illustrations. ... Read more
Life in the Chesapeake Bay is the most important book ever published on America's largest estuary. Since publication of the first edition in 1984, tens of thousands of naturalists, boaters, fishermen, and conservationists have relied on the book's descriptions of the Bay's plants, animals, and diverse habitats. Superbly illustrated and clearly written, this acclaimed guide describes hundreds of plants and animals and their habitats, from diamondback terrapins to blue crabs to hornshell snails. Now in its third edition, the book has been updated with a new gallery of thirty-nine color photographs and dozens of new species descriptions and illustrations. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801883385
SKU
V9780801883385
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Lippson, Alice Jane; Lippson, Robert L.
Alice Jane Lippson is a biological illustrator and researcher in estuarine ecology. Robert L. Lippson, prior to his retirement, was a marine scientist with the National Marine Fisheries Service and an adjunct professor of invertebrate zoology at Michigan State University. The Lippsons live and work on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay.
Reviews for Life in the Chesapeake Bay
Persons with a fondness for the Chesapeake Bay should get a copy of this book. Wildlife Activist 2006 The region's quintessential field and reference guide Chesapeake Life Magazine 2006 This classic guide to the plants and animals of the Chesapeake Bay will appeal to a variety of readers. Mariner 2006 This is a wonderful book. Underwater Naturalist 2007 One of ... Read more