Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- ONE: Forested Wetlands, Wooded Shorelines, and Swamps -- TWO: Marshes and Mangrove Swamps -- THREE: Beaches -- FOUR: Intertidal Flats -- FIVE: Places to Settle: Pilings, Floating Docks, Rubble Structures, and Mangrove Prop Roots -- SIX: The Shallows -- SEVEN: Weed Beds and Seagrass Meadows -- EIGHT: Live Bottoms: Oyster Reefs, Patch Reefs, and Worm Rocks -- APPENDIX A: Plant and Animal Species List -- APPENDIX B: Bird Species List -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- Z -- Selected References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.