Life along the Inner Coast: A Naturalist's Guide to the Sounds, Inlets, Rivers, and Intracoastal Waterway from Norfolk to Key West - Paperback

by Robert L. Lippson (Author), Alice Jane Lippson (Author)

For decades, marine scientists Robert and Alice Jane Lippson have traveled the rivers, backwaters, sounds, bays, lagoons, and inlets stretching from the Chesapeake Bay to the Florida Keys aboard their trawler, Odyssey. The culmination of their leisurely journeys, Life along the Inner Coast is a guide to the plants, animals, and habitats found in one of the most biologically diverse regions on the planet. It is a valuable resource for naturalists, students, and anyone who lives or vacations along the Atlantic inner coast.

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Based on the Lippsons' decades of travel along the rivers, backwaters, sounds, bays, lagoons, and inlets stretching from the Chesapeake Bay to the Florida Keys, this book is a guide to the plants, animals, and habitats found in one of the most biologically diverse regions on the planet. The Lippsons (both marine scientists) explore each habitat and describe more than 800 species organized according to habitat type and geographic region. Features 395 drawings, 20 halftones, 6 maps, 2-color throughout.

Author Biography

Robert L. Lippson has served as senior scientist of the National Marine Fisheries Service's Chesapeake Bay Estuarine Research Program, research scientist at the University of Maryland Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, and adjunct professor at Michigan State University. Alice Jane Lippson has worked as a research scientist at the University of Maryland Chesapeake Biological Laboratory and Martin-Marietta Corporation and as a professional scientific illustrator. They are authors of the popular guidebook Life in the Chesapeake Bay.