North Carolina's amazing coast : natural wonders, from alligators to zoeas / by David Bryant, George Davidson, Terri Kirby-Hathaway, and Kathleen Angione ; illustrated by Charlotte Ingram.

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Bryant, David, 1953-

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Athens : The University of Georgia Press : Published in cooperation with North Carolina Sea Grant, [2013]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780820345796
0820345792

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: North Carolina's amazing coast.DDC classification:

508.756 23

LOC classification:

QH105.N8 B79 2013eb

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Contents:

Cover; NORTH CAROLINA'S: NATURAL WONDERS FROM ALLIGATORS TO ZOEAS AMAZING C0AST; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTI0N; ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR HOLE; AVOCET; BARRED OWL; BLACK NEEDLERUSH; BLANKET FLOWER; BLOOD ARK; BLUE CRAB; BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; BOX TURTLE; CABBAGEHEAD JELLY; CLAPPER RAIL; COMB JELLY; COQUINA CLAM; COW KILLER; DEER FLY; DIAMONDBACK RATTLESNAKE; DIAMONDBACK TERRAPIN; DWARF PALMETTO; FIDDLER CRAB; FLYING SQUIRREL; FOSSILIZED SHARK TOOTH; FOX SQUIRREL; FRESHWATER SLOUGH; GAFFTOPSAIL CATFISH; GHOST CRAB; GHOST SHRIMP; GLASS LIZARD; GOLDEN SILK SPIDER; GREAT BLUE HERON.

Green tree froghardbottoms; hognose snake; horse conch; horseshoe crab; keyhole urchin; kingfisher; knobbed whelk; laughing gull; leatherback sea turtle; live oak tree; longfin insh0re squid; longleaf pine forest; lugworm; manatee; margined sea star; marine bacteria; maritime forest; marsh mud; marsh periwinkle; marsh rabbit; marsh rice rat; marsh wren; moon snail; morning glory; mosquitofish; north carolina's tides; nutria; octopus; opossum; osprey; oyster; painted bunting; pawpaw; pipefish; pitcher plant; plankton; portuguese man-of-war; rainbow snake; red bat; red wolf.

Red-cockaded woodpeckerresurrection fern; right whale; river otter; sand gnat; sand tiger shark; sargassum; sea anemone; sea cucumber; sea oats; sea roach; sea squirt; seahorse; the shifting shore; shrimp life cycle; smooth cordgrass; snowy egret; spadefoot toad; spanish moss; stingray; sturgeon; tiger salamander; whelk egg casing; white ibis; wild pig; yaupon holly; zoea; suggestions for further reading.

Summary: Fun and learning come together in North Carolina's Amazing Coast, an inviting collection of one hundred short, self-contained features about the flora, fauna, and natural history of that fascinating place where land meets sea. Each page includes a full-color illustration and breezy, fact-filled commentary on coastal wildlife from fifty-foot-long northern right whales to single-cell plankton, from shy red wolves to overbearingly sociable sand gnats. Readers will learn about the super-sized fox squirrel, the acting talents of the hognose snake, the health benefits of eating pawpaws, the importa.

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Fun and learning come together in North Carolina's Amazing Coast, an inviting collection of one hundred short, self-contained features about the flora, fauna, and natural history of that fascinating place where land meets sea. Each page includes a full-color illustration and breezy, fact-filled commentary on coastal wildlife from fifty-foot-long northern right whales to single-cell plankton, from shy red wolves to overbearingly sociable sand gnats. Readers will learn about the super-sized fox squirrel, the acting talents of the hognose snake, the health benefits of eating pawpaws, the importa.

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