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| Preface to the Third Edition | |
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| Preface to the Second Edition | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| General Shore and Faunal Features | |
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| The Habitats | |
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| The Fauna | |
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| Lifestyles | |
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| Invertebrate Taxa | |
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| Jetties and Groins | |
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| The Ubiquitous Barnacles | |
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| Fleet-Footed Scavengers | |
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| Oyster Drills and Hermit Crabs | |
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| Flowers in the Crevices | |
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| Crabs and Shrimp on the Jetty | |
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| Migration of the Sea Hare | |
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| Spiny Delicacies | |
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| Beach Fleas and Skeleton Shrimp | |
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| Jetty Animals That Resemble Plants | |
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| Sandy Beaches | |
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| Life on the Upper Beach | |
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| Life on the Littoral Beach | |
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| Snails That Leave Trails | |
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| Worms in the Surf Zone | |
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| Life Below the Littoral Zone | |
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| Starfishes and Sea Pansies | |
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| Yellow and Purple Whips | |
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| Life Beyond the Breakers | |
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| Crabs | |
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| Snails | |
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| Clams | |
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| The Edible Blue Crab and Its Kin | |
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| Spider Crabs | |
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| Flotsam and Jetsam | |
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| Portuguese Man-of-War | |
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| Purple Sailors and Bubble Rafts | |
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| Onions from the Sea | |
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| The Floating Sargassum Community | |
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| A Deep-Sea Castaway | |
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| Offshore Bottoms: The Shrimp Grounds | |
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| The Ubiquitous Fauna | |
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| Nearshore Worms and Neighbors | |
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| Spring Bloomers | |
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| Shrimp for the Table and Aquarium | |
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| Crabs--Like Hermits and Frogs | |
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| Creatures to Entice the Sea Lover | |
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| The Elusive Octopus | |
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| The Bay Shore: Salt Marshes | |
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| Mussels and Worms in the Mud | |
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| Fiddler Crabs and More Fiddler Crabs | |
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| Key to the Fiddler Crabs of Northwestern Gulf Coast | |
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| Life in the Marsh Debris | |
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| Land Crabs | |
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| Invisible Grass Shrimp | |
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| The Bay Shore: Mud Flats | |
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| Razors, Jackknives, and Boring Clams | |
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| Clams for Food, Roads, and Barter | |
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| Mud Crabs and Mud Shrimp | |
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| Delicate Ribbon Worms | |
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| Augers, Drills, and Moon Snails | |
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| Hermit Crabs on the Bayshore | |
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| Worms and Their Neighbors | |
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| Life in the Seagrass Meadow | |
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| Clams and Scallops of the Grass Beds | |
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| The Inconspicuous Cucumber | |
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| The Carnivorous Whelks | |
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| Tusks and Bubbles | |
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| Artificial Reef Habitats | |
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| Barnacles Upon Barnacles | |
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| Add Soft Colors and Textures | |
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| Serpentine and Mossy Forms | |
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| Denizens of the Crevices | |
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| Pill Bugs, Crabs, and Sea Spiders | |
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| Clams, Oysters, and Mussels | |
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| Oyster Reefs | |
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| Reef Inhabitants | |
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| Oyster Predators | |
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| Oysters as Shelter | |
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| Shell Habitats | |
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| Shell Inhabitants | |
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| Slipper Shells | |
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| Hydroids | |
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| Bryozoans, Sponges, and Scaleworms | |
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| Anemones and Flatworms | |
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| Plankton and Nekton | |
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| Plankton and Nekton | |
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| Sea Nettles, Sea Wasps, and Sea Walnuts | |
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| Nekton | |
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| Sea Turtles | |
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| Loggerhead Turtles | |
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| Green Turtles | |
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| Kemp's Ridley Turtles | |
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| Leatherback Turtles | |
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| Hawksbill Turtles | |
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| A Note on Biological Terminology | |
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| Phylogenetic List | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |