Wechsler, Doug.

Marvels in the muck : life in the salt marshes / Doug Wechsler. - 1st ed. - Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, c2008. - 48 p. : col. ill ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index.

Wildlife photographs and text reveal the secrets of salt marshes, where fish, crabs, turtles, shrimp, and a variety of birds, including bald eagles, egrets, and osprey, rely on a handful of plant species that grow in the coastal wetlands that buffer the impact of hurricanes and require defending before they disappear.

4.9 Follett Library Resources. 5-8 Follett Library Resources.

1590785886 9781590785881 (trade : alk. paper)

2007052583


Salt marsh ecology--Juvenile literature.
Salt marshes--Juvenile literature.
Salt marsh ecology.
Salt marshes.
Marshes.
Salt marsh ecology.

QH541.5.S24 / W43 2008

578.769