Intertidal Ecology -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- The shore environment: major gradients 1 -- Patterns of distribution 2 -- Causes of zonation 3 -- Community dynamics 4 -- Coping with the physical and biological environment 5 -- The shore as a system 6 -- Human impact on the shore 7 -- Studying shores 8 -- References -- Species index -- Subject index.