Whelks to Whales
Subtitle: Coastal Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest
Publisher: Harbour Publishing
Published: January 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781550171839
Subjects: Sea & seashore life; Marine Biology; Nature; Nature/Ecology; Western & Pacific Coast states; Life Sciences - Biology - Marine Biology; Marine Life; Cultural Region/Canadian; Cultural Region/Pacific Northwest; Cultural Region/West Coast; Cultural Region/Western U.S.; Geographic Orientation/Alaska; Geographic Orientation/British Columbia; Geographic Orientation/California; Geographic Orientation/Oregon; Geographic Orientation/Washington; Nature / Marine Life; Science/Life Sciences - Biology - Marine Biology
First sentence: The phylum Porifera ("hole or pore bearers") comprises the sponges, fixed or sedentary animals that are common in most marine habitats from the intertidal zone to waters deeper than 2,300' (700 m).