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ISBN10: 0070579261 | ISBN13: 9780070579262
ISBN10: 0070579261
ISBN13: 9780070579262
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From bugs to birds. . .from mosses to manatees. . .a swamp is a complex ecosystem. But young readers won't be swamped during this amazingly accessible wade through a small square of wetlands, filled with exotic wildlife. Here is a fascinating look at the characteristics of swamp life. . .and the reasons why its survival is so important. Beautifully illustrated, with fun-to-do experiments and activities, a swamp field guide, and a picture-glossary index and resource list. From the One Small Square series, called "science education at its best" by Science Books and Films.
Introduction.One Small Square of a Cypress Swamp--The Cypress Tree.Fly By or Bye Fly--The Fly-Eating Sundew Plant.Your Swamp Square and Notebook--Drawing Your Square and Recording Observations.If Knees Could Talk--Cypress Knees Anchor Trees in Soggy Soil.What a Gas!--Decay, Peat, and the Swamp ``Megaburp''.That Sinking Feeling--Sphagnum Moss and Floating Islands.Mother is Watching--Mother Alligator, That Is.Out for Blood--Mosquitoes.One Small Square of a Mangrove Swamp.The Swamp Makers--The Mangrove Tree.Ins and Outs--Feeding in the Swamp.For the Birds--Pelicans, Storks.Saved by the Swamp--How a Swamp Can ``Soak Up'' the Effects of a Tropical Storm.Hand in Hand--Fossils, Coal.
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