Seashore Life of Southern California: An Introduction to the Animal Life of California Beaches South of Santa Barbara

by Sam Hinton

Book Overview

The dry land is one world and the wet sea is another, but the line separating them is ever-changing. Known as the intertidal zone, the area between the land and the sea is defined by the extremes of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520059247
• ISBN13: 9780520059245
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.8" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Equally great for tidepooling or casual reading

This book remains a classic reference for identification of tidepool organisms in southern California. Unlike many field guides, this one devotes 30 or more pages to basic oceanography (tides, currents, waves, water chemistry, etc) as it affects tidepool organisms. Other field guides include a greater number of color photos and line drawings but Hinton gives more help on identifying organisms and more explanation of their behaviors and ecological roles. He also includes a number of very entertaining anecdotes which make this book fun to read when the weather and tide aren't right for tidepooling.