Texas Seashells
A Field Guide
Seiten
2014
Texas A & M University Press (Verlag)
978-1-62349-167-3 (ISBN)
Texas A & M University Press (Verlag)
978-1-62349-167-3 (ISBN)
Walking along the beach and picking up seashells is a favourite pastime enjoyed by millions of people every year. This field guide covers three hundred of the better-known or more common seashells found on Texas coastlines - anyone interested in identifying and collecting shells along Texas bays and Gulf coast beaches will find Texas Seashells an essential companion.
Walking along the beach and picking up seashells is a favorite pastime enjoyed by millions of people every year. This field guide covers three hundred of the better-known or more common seashells found on Texas coastlines, and anyone interested in identifying and collecting shells along Texas bays and Gulf coast beaches will find Texas Seashells an essential companion.
With more than 600 detailed and data-rich color photographs, each species with at least two views, Texas Seashells is sure to make shell identification fun, quick, and easy.
Those new to collecting can get started with the introductory chapters on building your shell collection, local laws and regulations protecting this resource, seashell clubs, adopting a “Sheller’s Creed,” and basic seashell taxonomy. A glossary is also included for technical terms not defined in the text.
Although this field guide is for seashells found along the Texas coast, it will also be useful in other regions of the Gulf of Mexico and western Atlantic Ocean.
Walking along the beach and picking up seashells is a favorite pastime enjoyed by millions of people every year. This field guide covers three hundred of the better-known or more common seashells found on Texas coastlines, and anyone interested in identifying and collecting shells along Texas bays and Gulf coast beaches will find Texas Seashells an essential companion.
With more than 600 detailed and data-rich color photographs, each species with at least two views, Texas Seashells is sure to make shell identification fun, quick, and easy.
Those new to collecting can get started with the introductory chapters on building your shell collection, local laws and regulations protecting this resource, seashell clubs, adopting a “Sheller’s Creed,” and basic seashell taxonomy. A glossary is also included for technical terms not defined in the text.
Although this field guide is for seashells found along the Texas coast, it will also be useful in other regions of the Gulf of Mexico and western Atlantic Ocean.
John W. Tunnell Jr. is associate director and endowed chair of biodiversity and conservation science at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, USA, and regents’ professor, Fulbright scholar, and retired professor of biology at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi, USA. Noe C. Barrera is a malacologist and microphotographer at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, USA. Fabio Moretzsohn is an assistant research scientist in systematics and conservation of marine invertebrates at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, USA.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.12.2014 |
---|---|
Reihe/Serie | Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies Series |
Zusatzinfo | 302 colour plates, table |
Verlagsort | College Station |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer |
Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-62349-167-3 / 1623491673 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-62349-167-3 / 9781623491673 |
Zustand | Neuware |
Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
aus dem Bereich
Buch | Hardcover (2019)
Quelle & Meyer (Verlag)
39,95 €
Beobachten und Bestimmen
Buch | Hardcover (2022)
Quelle & Meyer (Verlag)
29,95 €
über 100 Fragen & Antworten von den Pilzprofis
Buch | Softcover (2023)
Eugen Ulmer (Verlag)
12,00 €