TY - BOOK AU - Little,Colin AU - Williams,Gray A. AU - Trowbridge,Cynthia D. TI - The biology of rocky shores T2 - Biology of habitats series SN - 9780198564904 (hbk.) AV - QH95.7 .L57 2009 U1 - 578.7699 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Seashore biology N1 - Previous ed.: 1996; Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-344) and index; 1; The shore environment --; 2; The diversity of shore organisms --; 3; Coping with life on the shore: adaptations of littoral organisms --; 4; Primary producers on the shore: the autotrophs --; 5; Utilizing autotrophic resources: the grazers --; 6; Suspension feeders: how to live on floating food --; 7; Eating flesh: the predators --; 8; Vertical distributions: 'zonation' and its causes --; 9; How organisms are gathered together: communities on the shore and the effects of wave exposure --; 10; The functioning of rocky shore communities --; 11; Human influences on rocky shores --; 12; Methods and experimental approaches ER -