. Coast Watch. Ressources marines ; océanographie ; la gestion des zones côtières ; l'écologie côtière. Renate Skinner avec son homme-eater clam (ci-dessus) et sa perception (ci-dessous) iJhe ont attendu pendant un an. La distribution de flux et reflux des marées. Regardant son trésor a été emporté par les vagues. Enfin le fait d'organiser un bateau spécial et de sept personnes pour l'aider à collecter les prix. Ensuite, lorsque les marées étaient tout à fait adéquats, l'équipage hissa sa découverte à bord, et Renate Skinner a fait valoir un autre shell-a 400 livres man-eater clam-pour sa collection. Maintenant la lourdeur de palourdes une petite île d'Indonésie est le centre edition

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. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Renate Skinner with her man-eater clam (above) and her collec- tion (below) iJhe waited for a year. Timing the ebb and flow of the tides. Watching as her treasure was washed by the waves. Finally arranging for a special boat and seven people to help her collect the prize. Then, when the tides were just right, the crew hoisted her discovery aboard, and Renate Skinner claimed another shell—a 400-pound man-eater clam—for her collection. Now the cumbersome clam from a tiny island in Indonesia is the focal point on the patio of Skinner's Greenville, N.C., home. The rest of her insured collection is stored in seven teak collector cabinets. In seashell circles, Renate Skinner is known as a rare find, a combination of scientist and collector. She's combed the beaches of the world, and she's got a treasure of shells to show for it. Skinner methodically pulls open each drawer and proudly shows off her finds, reel- ing off scientific names and locations of dis- covery. She displays her most prestigious find—a new species she discovered—in a small glass dome. Skinner's fascination with collecting began in her native Germany. Then her search was confined to rocks, insects, wildflowers and land snails. After World War II, Skinner took a job with an international hotel firm. When she was given her pick of locations, she chose Indonesia— "the land with the most possibility for collect- ing shells, " she says. Skinner explored the beaches of Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Pakistan, India and the Philippines. All that traveling added up to a lot of shells and other artifacts. When she moved in 1976, she shipped about 4 tons of her collection to Greenville. For her, most of that collection pales in com- parison with the 2-inch cone-shaped shell that was the first of its kind to be discovered. "I have been on the mountain of where every shell collector wants to b

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