The Nature Handbook

Ernest H. Williams, Jr.

Oxford University Press

2005

Photo Information for Chapter 13, Coasts

Fig. 13.1. A rocky intertidal zone; Monhegan Is., ME; 28 May 2002; EHW

Fig. 13.2. Intertidal gradients (MA):

(a) exposed coast; Halibut Pt St Pk, MA; Oct 1976; EHW

(b) protected coast; Ipswich Bay, MA; 15 Sep 2002; EHW

Fig. 13.3. Tide pools:

(a) high tidepool; Monhegan Is., ME; 28 May 2002; EHW

(b) intermediate tide pool; Monhegan Is., ME; 28 May 2002; EHW

(c) low tide pool; Halibut Pt St Pk, MA; 15 Sep 2002; EHW

Fig. 13.4. Exposed pier piling; Ipswich Bay, MA; 29 Nov 2002; EHW

Fig. 13.5. Sand dunes:

(a) Crane’s Beach, MA; 15 Sep 2002; EHW

(b) Huntington Beach St Pk, SC; 16 Jun 2002; EHW

Fig. 13.6. Beach sand:

(a) trails; Cape Cod, MA; 20 Apr 2003; EHW

(b) sanderling, Calidris alba; Richard Nickson

Fig. 13.7. Mudflat; Essex, MA; 15 Sep 2002; EHW

Fig. 13.8. Mudflat with boot print; Essex, MA; 15 Sep 2002; EHW

Fig. 13.9. Salt marsh; Essex, MA; 15 Sep 2002; EHW

Fig. 13.10. Salt pan:

(a) glasswort, Salicornia sp.; Essex, MA; 15 Sep 2002; EHW

(b) closer view of glasswort; Essex, MA; 15 Sep 2002; EHW

Fig. 13.11. Cowlick in salt marsh; Essex, MA; 15 Sep 2002; EHW

Fig. 13.12. Fiddler crabs, Uca sp.; Huntington Beach St Pk, SC; 16 Jun 2002; EHW

Fig, 13.13. Sculptured maritime forests:

(a) Kure Beach, NC; 1973; EHW

(b) OR; 29 Jul 2001; EHW

(c) Cape Cod, MA; 20 Apr 2003; EHW

Fig. 13.14. Sea otter, Enhydra lutris; Dennis Sheridan