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Diet for a Sustainable Ecosystem
The Science for Recovering the Health of the Chesapeake Bay and its People
Inbunden, 2020
2179 kr
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This book explores a specific ecosystem in depth, in order to weave a story built on place and history. It incorporates the theme of a journey to help reveal the environment-human-health-food system-problem. While drawing on a historical approach stretching back to the American colonial era, it …
Diet for a Sustainable Ecosystem
The Science for Recovering the Health of the Chesapeake Bay and its People
Häftad, 2021
2179 kr
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This book explores a specific ecosystem in depth, in order to weave a story built on place and history. It incorporates the theme of a journey to help reveal the environment-human-health-food system-problem. While drawing on a historical approach stretching back to the American colonial era, it …
Reclaiming and Rewilding River Cities for Outdoor Recreation
Av Charly Machemehl, Olivier Sirost m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1093 kr
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The introduction of sports and recreational facilities into natural environments calls for reflection on their impact on fragile ecosystems. This book is unique in providing an interdisciplinary approach to the ecological restoration of urban and industrial degraded habitats and their use by nearby …
Reclaiming and Rewilding River Cities for Outdoor Recreation
Av Charly Machemehl, Olivier Sirost m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
1093 kr
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The introduction of sports and recreational facilities into natural environments calls for reflection on their impact on fragile ecosystems. This book is unique in providing an interdisciplinary approach to the ecological restoration of urban and industrial degraded habitats and their use by nearby …
Freshwater Inflows to Texas Bays and Estuaries
A Regional-Scale Review, Synthesis, and Recommendations
Av Paul A. Montagna, Audrey R. Douglas
Inbunden, 2025
550 kr
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Estuaries are defined by mixing of river and sea water, thus freshwater inflow is a key driver of estuary ecosystem structure and function. While there is much concern about water quality, there is much less about water quantity. As water is diverted for human use, less is flowing to the coast, …
Freshwater Inflows to Texas Bays and Estuaries
A Regional-Scale Review, Synthesis, and Recommendations
Av Paul A. Montagna, Audrey R. Douglas
Häftad, 2026
441 kr
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Estuaries are defined by mixing of river and sea water, thus freshwater inflow is a key driver of estuary ecosystem structure and function. While there is much concern about water quality, there is much less about water quantity. As water is diverted for human use, less is flowing to the coast, …
Land/Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone of West and Central Africa
Av Salif Diop, Jean-Paul Barusseau m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
1636 kr
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Although the main focus of this book is on the estuaries, its scope goes well beyond this particular coastal feature. Indeed, the estuary can only be considered as part of the life cycle of the entire river and the marine area it feeds into: an area particularly subject to human and natural …
Ecological Continuum from the Changjiang (Yangtze River) Watersheds to the East China Sea Continental Margin
Av Jing Zhang
Inbunden, 2015
1093 kr
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The book provides a cross-disciplinary and multi-scale assessment of a world top river, the Changjiang (Yangtze River) and its adjacent marginal environment, the East China Sea. The studies in this volume bridges the watersheds of the river and the marginal sea through a combined approach of …
Estuaries: A Lifeline of Ecosystem Services in the Western Indian Ocean
Av Salif Diop, Peter Scheren m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
1089 kr
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This book provides recent environmental, ecological and hydrodynamic information for the major estuaries and the coastal marine systems of the Western Indian Ocean Region. It covers various functions and values of the region’s estuarine ecosystems and their respective habitats, including the …
Land/Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone of West and Central Africa
Av Salif Diop, Jean-Paul Barusseau m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
1636 kr
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Although the main focus of this book is on the estuaries, its scope goes well beyond this particular coastal feature. Indeed, the estuary can only be considered as part of the life cycle of the entire river and the marine area it feeds into: an area particularly subject to human and natural …
Ecological Continuum from the Changjiang (Yangtze River) Watersheds to the East China Sea Continental Margin
Av Jing Zhang
Häftad, 2016
1122 kr
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The book provides a cross-disciplinary and multi-scale assessment of a world top river, the Changjiang (Yangtze River) and its adjacent marginal environment, the East China Sea. The studies in this volume bridges the watersheds of the river and the marginal sea through a combined approach of …
Diversity of Russian Estuaries and Lagoons Exposed to Human Influence
Av Ruben Kosyan
Inbunden, 2016
1089 kr
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This volume describes the complex characteristics of almost all Russian coastal estuaries systematized in the following regions: the coasts of the White Sea, the Barents Sea, the Kara Sea, the Laptev Sea, the East Siberian Sea, the Chukchi Sea, the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov, the Baltic Sea, the …
Mississippi Delta Restoration
Pathways to a sustainable future
Av John W. Day, Jori A. Erdman
Inbunden, 2017
1636 kr
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This book is a new and provocative treatment dealing with and defining sustainable pathways for the restoration of the Mississippi Delta. Based on a consideration of natural functioning of the Mississippi delta, factors that led to its severe deterioration, and major global trajectories of the 21st …
Estuaries: A Lifeline of Ecosystem Services in the Western Indian Ocean
Av Salif Diop, Peter Scheren m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
1093 kr
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This book provides recent environmental, ecological and hydrodynamic information for the major estuaries and the coastal marine systems of the Western Indian Ocean Region. It covers various functions and values of the region’s estuarine ecosystems and their respective habitats, including the …
Diversity of Russian Estuaries and Lagoons Exposed to Human Influence
Av Ruben Kosyan
Häftad, 2018
1089 kr
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This volume describes the complex characteristics of almost all Russian coastal estuaries systematized in the following regions: the coasts of the White Sea, the Barents Sea, the Kara Sea, the Laptev Sea, the East Siberian Sea, the Chukchi Sea, the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov, the Baltic Sea, the …
Mississippi Delta Restoration
Pathways to a sustainable future
Av John W. Day, Jori A. Erdman
Häftad, 2018
1636 kr
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This book is a new and provocative treatment dealing with and defining sustainable pathways for the restoration of the Mississippi Delta. Based on a consideration of natural functioning of the Mississippi delta, factors that led to its severe deterioration, and major global trajectories of the 21st …
Environmental Pollution of the Pearl River Estuary, China
Status and Impact of Contaminants in a Rapidly Developing Region
Av Wen-Xiong Wang, Philip S. Rainbow
Inbunden, 2020
1853 kr
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The Pearl River Estuary (PRE) is the Western name for a very large estuary in southern China that is currently home to an industrial metropolis of staggering size, and one that is rapidly evolving. The Chinese name for the Pearl River is Zhujiang. Guangzhou lies at the head of the estuary, and …
Estuaries of Australia in 2050 and beyond
Inbunden, 2013
1093 kr
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The book addresses the questions: Is Australia’s rapidly growing human population and economy environmentally sustainable for its estuaries and coasts? What is needed to enable sustainable development? To answer these questions, this book reports detailed studies of 20 iconic Australian estuaries …
Estuaries of Australia in 2050 and beyond
Häftad, 2015
1093 kr
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The book addresses the questions: Is Australia’s rapidly growing human population and economy environmentally sustainable for its estuaries and coasts? What is needed to enable sustainable development? To answer these questions, this book reports detailed studies of 20 iconic Australian estuaries …
Perspectives on the Restoration of the Mississippi Delta
The Once and Future Delta
Av John W. Day, G. Paul Kemp m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
1093 kr
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Human impacts and emerging mega-trends such as climate change and energy scarcity will impact natural resource management in this century. This is especially true for deltas because of their ecological and economic importance and their sensitivity to climate change. The Mississippi delta is one of …
Fisheries Management of Mexican and Central American Estuaries
Av Felipe Amezcua, Brian Bellgraph
Inbunden, 2014
1093 kr
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The tropical estuarine systems of Mexico and Central America are an important part of the region´s coastlines; for example Mexico alone possesses more than 770 thousand hectares of mangroves, as well as the largest estuarine mangrove complex on the American Pacific (Marismas Nacionales), yet is one …
Eutrophication and Oligotrophication in Japanese Estuaries
The present status and future tasks
Inbunden, 2015
1093 kr
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This book presents lessons learnt from Japan’s past, in relation to coastal waters, industrial pollutants and concentrated urban populations. It examines ecosystem damage and pollution in coastal sea areas and addresses the question: What is the present status of Japanese estuaries from the view …
Fisheries Management of Mexican and Central American Estuaries
Av Felipe Amezcua, Brian Bellgraph
Häftad, 2016
1093 kr
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The tropical estuarine systems of Mexico and Central America are an important part of the region´s coastlines; for example Mexico alone possesses more than 770 thousand hectares of mangroves, as well as the largest estuarine mangrove complex on the American Pacific (Marismas Nacionales), yet is one …
Eutrophication and Oligotrophication in Japanese Estuaries
The present status and future tasks
Häftad, 2016
1093 kr
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This book presents lessons learnt from Japan’s past, in relation to coastal waters, industrial pollutants and concentrated urban populations. It examines ecosystem damage and pollution in coastal sea areas and addresses the question: What is the present status of Japanese estuaries from the view …
Perspectives on the Restoration of the Mississippi Delta
The Once and Future Delta
Av John W. Day, G. Paul Kemp m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
1093 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Human impacts and emerging mega-trends such as climate change and energy scarcity will impact natural resource management in this century. This is especially true for deltas because of their ecological and economic importance and their sensitivity to climate change. The Mississippi delta is one of …
