By Kenneth P. Burnham
Whole theoretical, useful, and analytical remedy of enormous box experiments within which the recapture of marked animals is used to estimate mortality attributable to river dams or different stressors. Statistical layout and software program aid are emphasised.
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Polychaetes of many types are found in almost every habitat in the Inner Coast. There are burrowers, tube builders, crawlers, and swimmers. i nt r o d u c t i o n 27 phylum mollusca: mollusks Clams, oysters, and snails are easily recognizable representatives of this diverse and important phylum. Of the eight classes of mollusks within the phylum, five occur within the Inner Coast: gastropods (snails), with a single shell; pelecypods (clams and oysters), with two valves or shells; polyplacophors (chitons), with eight shell plates; cephalopods (squids and octopuses), with an internal vestigial shell; and scaphopods (tusk shells), with a shell in the form of a tapered tube.
Evolutionary biologists generally agree that amphibians evolved from early coelacanthlike Crossopterygian (tassel-finned) fishes. Amphibians probably evolved during the Devonian period, about 350 million years ago. Amphibians spend some time in water as well as on land in moist situations. Most amphibians lay their eggs in freshwater or in moist soil. The eggs develop into aquatic i nt r o d u c t i o n 33 larvae. There are three groups of amphibians: The wormlike caecilians are known only from the moist tropics.
Habitats of the Inner Coast The habitats along the edges and within the waters of the Inner Coast, and the plants and animals that dwell within those habitats, are the main focus of this book. The habitats are described starting from the bordering upland areas and progressing down the slope to the aquatic habitats. Thus we begin by describing forested wetlands, maritime and bay edge forests, and marshes and then, sequentially, shoreline habitats such as beaches, intertidal flats, piers, pilings, and rubble structures.