The Atlantic Coast (eBook)

Harry Thurston is the author of several collections of poetry and twelve nonfiction books, including A Place Between the Tides: A Naturalist’s Reflections on the Salt Marsh, which received the 2005 Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award. He has also written for such magazines as Audubon and National Geographic. Thurston lives in Nova Scotia.Wayne Barrett is a partner in Barrett & MacKay Photography. His photographs have been featured in advertisements, magazines, and calendars and have appeared in numerous books. He lives in Prince Edward Island.

Preface 11 The Atlantic Realm 7Where North Meets South2 Oceans and Mountains 39The Geology and Paleontology of the Atlantic Coast3 The Atlantic Hinterland 77Forests of the Atlantic Coast4 Between the Capes 117The Mid-Atlantic Bight5 Tides of Life 153The Gulf of Maine and the Bay of Fundy6 River into the Sea 199The Gulf of St. Lawrence7 Great Currents and Grand Banks 235Newfoundland and Labrador8 The Altered Realm 277The Once and Future AtlanticPhotographer’s Acknowledgments 304Further Reading 305Scientific Names 311Index 36Panel of expert reviewers:Dr. Graham DabornFounderAcadia Centre for Estuarine ResearchAcadia University,Wolfville, Nova ScotiaDr. David GarbaryProfessor of Biology and Co-ordinator--Interdisciplinary Studies in Aquatic ResourcesSt. Francis Xavier UniversityAntigonish, Nova ScotiaBrian Harrington, Senior Shorebird BiologistManomet Center for Conservation SciencesManomet, MassachusettsDr. Peter LarsenSenior Research ScientistBigelow Laboratory for Ocean SciencesWest Boothbay Harbor, MaineDr. Donald F. McAlpineChair, Department of Natural ScienceHead, Zoology SectionNew Brunswick Museum Saint John, N.B.Dr. Paul E. OlsenArthur D. Storke Memorial Professor of Earth and Environmental SciencesLamont Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia UniversityPalisades, New YorkDr. George RoseHead, Fisheries Conservation,Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland,St. John's, NewfoundlandDr. Boris WormAssistant Professor& Head, The Worm Lab for Marine Conservation,Department of BiologyDalhousie UniversityHalifax, Nova Scotia