Product Description

Life in the Chesapeake Bay is the most important book ever published on America's largest estuary. Since publication of the first edition in 1984, tens of thousands of naturalists, boaters, fishermen, and conservationists have relied on the book's descriptions of the Bay's plants, animals, and diverse habitats. Superbly illustrated and clearly written, this acclaimed guide describes hundreds of plants and animals and their habitats, from diamondback terrapins to blue crabs to hornshell snails.

Now in its third edition, the book has been updated with a new gallery of thirty-nine color photographs and dozens of new species descriptions and illustrations. The new edition retains the charm of an engaging classic while adding a decade of new research.

This classic guide to the plants and animals of the Chesapeake Bay will appeal to a variety of readers -- year-round residents and summer vacationers, professional biologists and amateur scientists, conservationists and sportsmen.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #96732 in Books
• Published on: 2006-05-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 344 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780801883385
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
'Praise for the first edition' "Handsome, generously illustrated...All of the Bay's richness is catalogued here."--'Washington Post Book World' "A story book, a field guide and a reference work, and anyone interested in fishing, ecology, or our bay should own it."--'Baltimore Sun' "This is the best-written and best-illustrated guide ever about a North American tidal estuary. It is the model for all future coastal nature guides."--'Whole Earth Review'

Review

"Persons with a fondness for the Chesapeake Bay should get a copy of this book." -- Wildlife Activist

"The region's quintessential field and reference guide" -- Chesapeake Life Magazine

"This classic guide to the plants and animals of the Chesapeake Bay will appeal to a variety of readers." -- Mariner

"This is a wonderful book." -- Underwater Naturalist

"One of the most popular, well written, and useful guides to the Chesapeake." -- Northeastern Naturalist

Review

"Handsome, generously illustrated... All of the Bay's richness is catalogued here." -- Washington Post Book World, reviewing a previous edition or volume

"A story book, a field guide and a reference work, and anyone interested in fishing, ecology, or our bay should own it." -- Baltimore Sun, reviewing a previous edition or volume

"The best-written and best-illustrated guide ever about a North American tidal estuary. It is the model for all future coastal nature guides." -- Whole Earth Review, reviewing a previous edition or volume

Customer Reviews

The awesome beauty of small things.
Expanded revision of the 1984 Guide. I live in New Jersey & this wonderful book is one of the best teachers for my home waters.

"Life in Chesapeake Bay" is organized to take the reader from an overview of bay ecology, across the sand beaches, around the piers & pilings, into the intertidal zone, through shallow waters, marshes & then out toward deeper waters. Illustrations are clear line drawings. The scholarship never leaves the reader gasping for air. There's a highly informative glossary & species list.

"Life in Chesapeake Bay" makes a strong pro-environmental statement by showing us the diversity, poetry & interconnectedness of life (including humans) at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, as well as the fragility of this great inter-weaving of water, tide, sand & mud. It teaches us the awesome beauty of small things that exist right in front of out eyes.

Bob Rixon