Beaches, Bays, and Barrens

Foreword by Joanna Burger
Preface
Chapter One: Background and Other Thoughts
Chapter Two: Shifting Sands-Beaches, Dunes, and Inlets
Chapter Three: Tidal Salt Marshes-Grasslands Like No Others
Chapter Four: Barnegat Bay-The Face of the Jersey Shore
Chapter Five: Cape May-A Gateway South
Chapter Six: Delaware Bay-The Other Jersey Shore
Chapter Seven: The Pine Barrens-Imposing Solitude
Afterword
Appendix A: Nomenclature

Foreword by Joanna Burger ix
Preface xiii
1 Background and Other Thoughts 1
2 Shifting Sands: Beaches, Dunes, and Inlets 35
3 Tidal Salt Marshes: Grasslands Like No Others 91
4 Barnegat Bay: The Face of the Jersey Shore 133
5 Cape May: A Gateway South 183
6 Delaware Bay: The Other Jersey Shore 211
7 The Pine Barrens: Imposing Solitude 253
Afterword 301
Appendix: Nomenclature 309
Acknowledgments 321
Index 324

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• História natural
• Deltas, estuários, regiões costeiras
• Impacto social dos temas ambientais

new jersey; jersey; environment; ecology; jersey shore; beach; Atlantic ocean; nature; Delaware river; garden state; Audubon; urbanization; pollution; industrial waste; pine barrens; south jersey; north jersey; culture; history; inlet