"The edge between land and sea provides many different habitats for special plants and animals to live. Many of them are unable to live anywhere else. Come explore the beaches, mangrove forests, estuaries, salt marshes, and lagoons of Florida's 1,100-mile-long coastline, the longest of any state except Alaska."-- Provided by publisher.

Florida's many shorelines -- The cooling of Florida -- Barrier islands -- The beach -- Beach habitats -- The lower beach -- The middle beach -- The upper beach -- The dunes -- Plants of the dunes -- Behind the dunes -- Estuaries -- Salt marshes -- Lagoons -- Mangrove forests -- Protector of land and animals -- Bird hotels -- The value of florida's coastline.