CALIFORNIA TIDEPOOL BIBLIOGRAPHY

California Academy of Sciences Library

WORLD WIDE WEB

Cabrillo Tidepools (San Diego County)
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/triton/tidepoolunit/tidepool.html
Grades 5-8. San Diego State Univ. Excellent introduction of tide pools zones and main animal species with links to other CA tide pool sites and intertidal animals.

CAS Intertidal Bibliography
http://www.calacademy.org/research/library/biodiv/biblio/intertidal.htm
Cal Academy Library listing of websites, books, and childrens' books. One stop shopping for tidepools.

CAS Wild California: Between the Tides Bibliography
http://www.calacademy.org/research/library/biodiv/biblio/wildca/wcabt.htm
A bibliography on tide pools and related books in the Academy Library.

Fitzgerald Marine Reserve Tide Pools (San Mateo County)
http://www.sfgate.com/getoutside/1996/jun/fitz.html
Description of Fitzgerald Reserve (Montara - Half Moon Bay Coast) and low, mid and high tidal zones. Good introduction for kids.

Hawaii Intertidal Life
http://intertidalhawaii.org/
Intertidal zones and diversity study of primarily macro invertebrates. Survey conducted by High School students.

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Slide Show Presentation
http://www.mbnms.nos.noaa.gov/visitor/slideshow/slideshow.html
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary pictures of shore, inter-tidal, and ocean plants and animals with descriptions. Click on "Start Your Tour" to begin.

Monterey Bay Inter-Tidal Diversity
http://www.biology.ucsc.edu/classes/bio161l/index.html
UC Santa Cruz biodiversity survey of Monterey Bay area includes pictures of plants and animals.

Nancy Sefton's Coastal Journey Through the Northwest Intertidal Zone
http://www.poulsbomsc.org/tutorial.htm
A page by page walk across the tidepool rocks with pictures and drawings of plants and animals.

Ocean Habitats: The Intertidal Zone
http://www.pbs.org/americanfieldguide/teachers/oceans/oceans_sum.html
Includes film clips on Oregon tidepools and links to 4 lesson plans in Acrobat PDF format.

Rocky Intertidal Marine Habitats
http://bonita.mbnms.nos.noaa.gov/sitechar/rocky.html
Monterey Bay intertidal habitats, plant and animal diversity, distribution.

Tide Pool Exhibits- Monterey Bay Aquarium
http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/efc_hp/hp_rcky_exhibit.asp
Pictures, tide pool simulations, and rocky shore critter cards.

Tidepool Treasures
http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/~acody/tidepool.html
This site was created by Oakland Unified School District middle school students. It includes information on planning and executing field trips around the Bay Area. The tidepool field guide with pictures and information on various Bay Area species is particularly helpful.

USF- Oceanography
http://www.marine.usf.edu/pjocean/packets/
From the University of South Florida, material is presented in pdf format and organized by year and quarter. See especially Spring 2002-Intertidal Ecology.

Virtual Tidepool
http://montereybay.nos.noaa.gov/visitor/TidePool/welcome.html
From the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration comes plants, animals, and 3 tide pool sites on the Monterey Bay.

Watchable Wildlife
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/watchable/tidepools.html
Tide pool basics for where to visit from Santa Cruz up to Sonoma County.

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BOOKS

Abbott, Isabella A. and Hollenberg, George J. Marine Algae of California. Stanford CA: Stanford University Press, 1976. Wild Calif QK571.5.C2 M37 1976; Bot. QK571.5.C2 M37 1976.

Allen, Richard K. Common Intertidal Invertebrates of Southern California. Palo Alto, CA: Peek Publications, 1969. IZ&G QL362 .A44.

Behrens, David, W. Pacific Coast Nudibranchs: a Guide to the Opisthobranchs, Alaska to Baja California. Monterey, CA: Sea Challengers, 1991. IZ&G QL430.4.B435 1991; Ref. QL430.4.B435 1991.

Berrill, N. J. The Living Tide. Greenwich, CT: Fawcett, 1964, c1951. Main QH95.7 .B47 1964.

Brusca, Richard C. Common Intertidal Invertebrates of the Gulf of California. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1980. IZ&G QL225 .B78 1980.

Carefoot, Thomas. Pacific Seashores: A Guide to Intertidal Ecology. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press,1977. REF Wild California & SA QH95.3 .C37.

Causes of Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Rocky Intertidal Communities of Central and Northern California: Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences no.10. San Francisco, CA: California Academy of Sciences, 1988. REF CAS Pubs & Main Serials Q11 .C26 no.9.

Chelazzi, Guido and Marco Vannini, eds. Behavioral Adaptation to Intertidal Life. New York: Plenum Press, c1988. IZ&G QL121 .N27 1987.

Connor, Judith. Seashore Life on Rocky Coasts. Monterey, CA: Monterey Bay Aquarium, c1993. REF Wild California QL122.2 .C655. 1993.

Coulombe, Deborah A. The Seaside Naturalist: A Guide to Study at the Seashore. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. Pub QH95.7 .C68 1992.

Denny, Mark W. Biology and the Mechanics of the Wave-Swept Environment. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1988. Main QH541.5 .S35 D46 1988.

Duncan, F. Martin. Dwellers in the Rock Pools. London: H. Milford, 1923. Main & SA QL122 .D83 1923.

Eschmeyer, William and Earl Herald. Peterson Field Guide: Pacific Coast Fishes. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1983. Public QL623.4.E83 1983; Ref. QL623.4.E83 1983; Ichthy QL623.4.E84 1983; SA QL623.4.E84 1983.

Exploring Tidal Life Along the Pacific Coast: With Emphasis on Point Reyes National Seashore. [Berkeley, CA]: Tidepool Associates, c1967. Main QH95.7 .E96 1967.

Farmer, Wesley M. Tidepool Animals from the Gulf of California. San Diego, CA: Wesword Co. 1968. Main, Main REF, & SA QL225 .F3.

Fitch, John Edgar. Tidepool and Nearshore Fishes of California. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, c1975. Pub, REF Wild California, Ichthyology, & SA QL628 .C2 F53.

Foster, Michael S. Annotated Bibliography: Rocky Intertidal Communities of Central and Northern California. Santa Cruz, CA: Kinetic Laboratories, Inc., 1987. REF Wild California QH91.8 .L5 A55 1987.

Hedgepeth, Joel. Introduction to the Seashore Life of the San Francisco Bay Region and the Coast of Northern California. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1962. Pub, REF Wild California & IZ&G QH95.7.H43 1962.

Horn, Michael H., Karen L. M. Martin, and Michael A. Chotkowski, eds. Intertidal Fishes: Life in Two Worlds. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, c1999. Ichthy QL620.6 .I58 1999.

Johnson, Myrtle Elizabeth and Harry James Snook. Seashore Animals of the Pacific Coast. New York: Dover Publications, 1967. REF Wild California QL138 .J6 1967.

Kozloff, Eugene N. Seashore Life of the Northern Pacific Coast: An Illustrated Guide to Northern California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1983. REF Wild California, IZ&G & SA QH104.5.N6 K7 1983.

Lee, Gregory. Whale Watching & Tidepools: A Guide to California Marine Life. Frederick, CO: Renaissance House, c1992. REF Wild California QL164 .L43 1992.

Light, Sol Felty. Intertidal Invertebrates of the Central California Coast: S. F. Light's "Laboratory and Field Test in Invertebrate Zoology". Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1954. Main REF & SA QL362 .L5 1954.

Light, Sol Felty. Lights' Manual: Intertidal Invertebrates of the Central California Coast. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1975. Biodiv REF, REF Wild California, & IZ&G QL164 .L53 1975.

Little, Colin and J.A. Kitching. The Biology of Rocky Shores. Oxford; New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1996. Main QH95.7 .L57 1996.

Meinkoth, Norman August. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Seashore Creatures. New York, NY: A.A. Knopf, 1981. SA QL151 .M44 1981.

Morris, Robert H, Donald P. Abbott & Eugene C. Haderlie. Intertidal Invertebrates of California. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1980. REF Wild California & IZ&G QL164 .M67.

Nelson, Roger. Sea Lions, Sea Bears & Beach Pancakes: Tales of Sea and Shore Life. Half Moon Bay, CA: Creative Concepts, 1987. SA QH105 .C2 N45 1987.

Niesen, Thomas M. Beachcomber's Guide to Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest: Includes Vancouver, Washington, Oregon, and Northern California. Houston, TX: Gulf Pub. Co., c1997. Biodiv QH104.5 .N6 N53 1997.

Palmer, John D. The Biological Rhythms and Clocks of Intertidal Animals. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. IZ&G & SA QL121 .P343 1995.

Raffaelli, D. G. Intertidal Ecology. London; New York: Chapman & Hall, 1996. Pub & SA QH541.5 .S35 R34 1996.

Ricketts, Edward Flanders. Between Pacific Tides; An Account of the Habits and Habitats of Some Five Hundred of the Common, Conspicuous Seashore Invertebrates of the Pacific Coast Between Sitka, Alaska, and Northern Mexico. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1962. Pub, Main, IZ&G, & SA QL138 .R5 1962.

Ricketts, Edward Flanders. Between Pacific Tides. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1985. Main REF QL138 .R5 1985.

Rocky Intertidal and Subtidal Resources, Santa Barbara County Mainland: Final Report. Camarillo, CA: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Pacific OCS Region, 1995? REF Wild California QH105 .C2 R6 1995.

Russo, Ronald A. Pacific Intertidal Life: A Guide to Organisms of Rocky Reefs and Tide Pools of the Pacific Coast, from Alaska to Baja California. Berkeley, CA: Nature Study Guild, c1981. Biodiv REF QL121 .R875 1981.

Sackett, Russell. Edge of the Sea. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1985. MP QH95.7 .L57 1996.

Smith, Gilbert. Marine Algae of the Monterey Peninsula, California. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1944. Ref. QK571.5.C2S6.

Stephenson, Thomas Alan. Life Between Tidemarks on Rocky Shores. San Francisco, CA: W. H. Freeman, 1972. IZ&G QH541.5 .S35 S78.

Study of the Rocky Intertidal Communities of Central and Northern California: Year I. Los Angeles, CA: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Pacific OCS Region, 1986. Main QH105 .C2 S78 1986.

Study of the Rocky Intertidal Communities of Central and Northern California: Year II. Los Angeles, CA: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Pacific OCS Region, 1988. Main QH105 .C2 S78 1988.

Study of the Rocky Intertidal Communities of Central and Northern California: Years III and IV. Los Angeles, CA: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Pacific OCS Region, 1990. Main QH10 5.C2 S78 1990.

Tidepool Tank Handbook. [San Francisco, CA: California Academy of Sciences, 1982?]. REF CAS Pubs Q11 .C362 1982.

Wertheim, Anne. Annotated Bibliography: Rocky Intertidal Communities of Central and Northern California. Santa Cruz, CA: Kinnetic Laboratories, Inc., 1987. Main & REF Wild California QH91.8 .L5 A55 1987.

Wertheim, Anne. The Intertidal Wilderness. San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books, c1984. Main & SA QH95.3 .W47 1984.

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CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Arnold, Caroline. A Walk by the Seashore. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Silver Press, 1990. Pub Juv QH541.5 .S35 A76 1990.

Bellamy, David J. The Rock Pool. New York: C.N. Potter: Distributed by Crown Press c1988. Pub Juv QH541.5 .S35 B44 1988.

 

Foreman, Michael. One World. New York, NY: Arcade Pub., 1991. Pub Juv PZ7 .F7583 1991.

Gunzi, Christiane. Tide Pool. New York: Covent Garden Books, 1998. Biodiv Juv QH541.5 .S35 G86 1998.

Jennings, Terry J. Mares y Costas. Madrid: SM, 1987. Pub Juv QH91.16 .J4618 1987.

King, Jeanne. Tide Pools & Coral Reefs. Huntington Beach, CA: Teacher Created Materials, c1993. Pub Juv QH541.5 .S35 K56 1993.

Malnig, Anita. Where the Waves Break: Life at the Edge of the Sea. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books, c1985. Biodiv Juv QH95.7 .M347 1985.

Morgan, Sally. A Tide Pool on the Seashore. North Mankato, MN: Thameside Press, c2000. Pub Juv QH541.5 .S35 M67 2000.

Parker, Steve. Seashore. New York, NY: Knopf: Distributed by Random House, 1989. Pub Juv & Biodiv Juv QH95.7 .P37 1989.

Ranger Rick's NatureScope: Diving Into Oceans. Washington, DC: National Wildlife Federation, 1992. Biodiv QH51.R36 v4:2

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VIDEOS
Amazing Seashore Animals. New York, NY: DK Vision, 1997. Pub QL122.2 .A42 1997.

Life at the Edge of the Sea. New York: Thirteen/WNET, c1998. Pub & Biodiv QH541.5 .S35 L54 1998.

Life at the Seas's Edge. Loomis, CA: BioMedia Associates, 1996. Biodiv QH541.5 .S35 D46 1988.

Oregon's Rocky Intertidal. [Corvallis, OR]: Oregon State University Extension Sea Grant, [198?]. Pub QH541.5 .S35 W31 1995.

Seashore. [S.l.]: DK Vision: BBC Worldwide Americas, c1996. Pub GB451.2 .S42 1996.

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November 2003