Research Catalog

Title

The Atlantic coast : a natural history / Harry Thurston ; photography by Wayne Barrett ; illustrations by Emily S. Damstra.

Author

Thurston, Harry, 1950-

Publication

Vancouver : David Suzuki Foundation : Greystone Books, c2011.

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Additional Authors

• Barrett, Wayne
• Damstra, Emily S.
• David Suzuki Foundation

Description

327 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps; 27 cm.

Summary

• The North Atlantic coast of North America, commonly known as the Atlantic Coast, extends from Newfoundland and Labrador through the Maritime Provinces of Canada and the Northeastern United States including Cape Cod in Massachusetts and Long Island N.Y. south to Cape Hatteras off the coast of North Carolina. This North Atlantic region belongs to the sea. The maritime influence on climate, flora, and fauna is dominant, even far inland. This is where the great northern boreal forests intermingle with the mixed coniferous-hardwood forests farther south and where the cold, iceberg-studded Labrador Current from the Arctic and the warm Gulf Stream of the tropics vie for supremacy.
• Filled with stunning photographs, the book includes chapters on the geological origins of this region, the two major forest realms, and the main freshwater and marine ecosystems and also describes the flora and fauna within each of these habitats. Finally, it looks at what has been lost but also what remains of the natural heritage of the region and how that might be conserved in future. It is an exploration of the islands, marshes, estuaries, and coastal forests where the rockbound continent meets the waters of the North Atlantic Ocean.

Subject

• Natural history > Atlantic Coast (North America)
• Coastal ecology > Atlantic Coast (North America)
• Natural history > North Atlantic Region
• Ecology > North Atlantic Region
• Sciences naturelles > Atlantique, Côte de l' (Amérique du Nord)
• Écologie littorale > Atlantique, Côte de l' (Amérique du Nord)
• Sciences naturelles > Atlantique Nord, Région de l'
• Écologie > Atlantique Nord, Région de l'
• Atlantic Coast (North America) > Pictorial works

Genre/Form

Pictorial works

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-310) and index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Issued also in electronic format.

Contents

The Atlantic realm: where North meets South -- Oceans and mountains: the geology and paleontology of the Atlantic Coast -- The Atlantic hinterland: forests of the Atlantic Coast -- Between the Capes: the Mid-Atlantic Bight -- Tides of life: the Gulf of Maine and the Bay of Fundy -- River into the sea: the Gulf of St. Lawrence -- Great currents and Grand Banks: Newfoundland and Labrador -- The altered realm: the once and future Atlantic.

ISBN

• 9781553654469
• 1553654463

OCLC

• 738402182
• SCSB-9919644

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library