Natural history of San Francisco Bay / Ariel Rubissow Okamoto, Kathleen M. Wong.

By:

Rubissow Okamoto, Ariel

Contributor(s):

Wong, Kathleen M. (Kathleen Michelle)

Material type: Text

TextSeries: California natural history guides ; 102.Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 335 pages) : illustrations (some color)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780520949980
0520949986
1283278324
9781283278324
9786613278326
6613278327

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Natural history of San Francisco Bay.DDC classification:

508.794/6 22

LOC classification:

QH105.C2 R83 2011eb

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Contents:

Cover; Contents; Prologue; Acknowledgments; Taking the Plunge; Beneath the Surface: What Is an Estuary?; Visible and Invisible Life: Fish, Birds, and Other Wildlife; History of Human Changes: 1800s-1960s; The Environmental Backlash: 1960s-Present; Restoration Frontiers: The Watershed; Restoration Frontiers: The Bay; Climate Change and the Bay's Future; Coda; Glossary; Historical Timeline; References; Learning More, Helping Out: A Few Places to Start; Art Credits; Index.

Summary: This complete primer on San Francisco Bay is a multifaceted exploration of an extraordinary, and remarkably resilient, body of water. Bustling with oil tankers, laced with pollutants, and crowded with forty-six cities, the bay is still home to healthy eelgrass beds, young Dungeness crabs and sharks, and millions of waterbirds. Written in an entertaining style for a wide audience, Natural History of San Francisco Bay delves into an array of topics including fish and wildlife, ocean and climate cycles, endangered and invasive species, and the path from industrialization to environmental restorat.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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This complete primer on San Francisco Bay is a multifaceted exploration of an extraordinary, and remarkably resilient, body of water. Bustling with oil tankers, laced with pollutants, and crowded with forty-six cities, the bay is still home to healthy eelgrass beds, young Dungeness crabs and sharks, and millions of waterbirds. Written in an entertaining style for a wide audience, Natural History of San Francisco Bay delves into an array of topics including fish and wildlife, ocean and climate cycles, endangered and invasive species, and the path from industrialization to environmental restorat.

English.

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