UID:
edocfu_9959239701702883
Format:
1 online resource (714 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-283-88947-1
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0-253-00609-0
Series Statement:
Life of the past
Content:
Have you ever wondered what left behind those prints and tracks on the seashore, or what made those marks or dug those holes in the dunes? Life Traces of the Georgia Coast is an up-close look at these traces of life and the animals and plants that made them. It tells about how the tracemakers lived and how they interacted with their environments. This is a book about ichnology (the study of such traces) and a wonderful way to learn about the behavior of organisms, living and long extinct. Life Traces presents an overview of the traces left by modern animals and plants in this biologically r
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Introduction to ichnology of the Georgia coast -- History of the Georgia coast and its ichnology -- Tracemaker habitats and substrates -- Marginal-marine and terrestrial plants -- Terrestrial invertebrates -- Marginal-marine invertebrates -- Terrestrial vertebrates, Part I. Fish, amphibians, reptiles -- Terrestrial vertebrates, Part II. Birds and mammals -- Marginal-marine and marine vertebrates -- Trace fossils and the Georgia coast -- Future studies, future traces.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-253-00602-3
Language:
English
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