Life Along the Inner Coast - by Robert L Lippson & Alice Jane Lippson (Paperback)

About the Book

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

Book Synopsis

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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Review Quotes

[A] naturalist's guide to the more than 800 species of plants and animals found in the habitats of one of the most biologically diverse regions on the planet. It's illustrated with 400 of Lippson's elegant pen-and-ink drawings.--Hopkins Medicine

A guidebook with wonderful pictures, line drawings, and illustrations. . . . An invaluable resource for laypersons and students alike.--Choice

Crawling with more than 600 drawings, charts and photographs of birds, fish, hard and softshell creatures, plants, nuts and trees. Many are beautiful, exotic, strange. . . . After a few hours with Life Along the Inner Coast, one could want to be there.--RALPH: The Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy, and the Humanities

Offers the reader a rich understanding of the relationship between organisms and where they live. . . . A valuable resource for naturalists, students, and anyone who lives or vacations along the Atlantic Inner Coast.--Abstracts of Public Administration, Development, and Environment

The best word to describe this guide is 'lush.' From the gorgeous jacket photos to the hundreds of illustrations, it is a joy to behold. And because the authors are knowledgeable while at the same time wonderful writers, it is a joy to read as well."Charleston Post and Courier

The perfect traveling companion. . . . An excellent, and some might say essential, guide to understanding the plants and animal that call the [Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway] home.--Virginia Wildlife

This book is called a guide, but it has enough information for a marine biology course.--Woodenboat Review

This comprehensive work is written by recognized authorities in a discursive style that will entertain and inform the reader.--Current Books on Gardening and Botany

About the Author

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.