InhaltsangabeIntroduction and primary concepts. Primary and secondary production: the autotrophs and their associates. Water and ionic relationships: plant adaptations to coastal environments. Salt marshes: tides, time and function. Salt-marsh dynamics and communities. Sand dunes: initiation, development and function. Sand dune-dynamics and communities. Coastal shingle. Environmental impacts. Variation in sea level and climatic change. Coastal management and conservation.

Introduction and primary concepts. Primary and secondary production: the autotrophs and their associates. Water and ionic relationships: plant adaptations to coastal environments. Salt marshes: tides, time and function. Salt-marsh dynamics and communities. Sand dunes: initiation, development and function. Sand dune-dynamics and communities. Coastal shingle. Environmental impacts. Variation in sea level and climatic change. Coastal management and conservation.