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UNINA9911153055403321 |
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Rubissow Okamoto Ariel |
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Titolo |
Natural History of San Francisco Bay / / Ariel Rubissow Okamoto, Kathleen Wong |
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Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] |
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©2011 |
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9786613278326 |
9781283278324 |
1283278324 |
9780520949980 |
0520949986 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (352 p.) |
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Collana |
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California Natural History Guides ; ; 102 |
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Estuarine ecology - California - San Francisco Bay |
Endangered ecosystems - San Francisco Bay - California |
Restoration ecology - California - San Francisco Bay |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- 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: 1800's - 1960's -- The Environmental Backlash: 1960's - Present -- Restoration Frontiers: The Watershed -- Restoration Frontiers: The Bay -- Climate Change and the Bay's Future -- Coda -- Glossary: Sources: SFEP, SFEI, USGS -- Historical Timeline -- References -- Learning More, Helping Out: A Few Places to Start -- Art Credits -- 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 |
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climate cycles, endangered and invasive species, and the path from industrialization to environmental restoration. More than sixty scientists, activists, and resource managers share their views and describe their work-tracing mercury through the aquatic ecosystem, finding ways to convert salt ponds back to tidal wetlands, anticipating the repercussions of climate change, and more. Fully illustrated and packed with stories, "es, and facts, the guide also tells how San Francisco Bay sparked an environmental movement that now reaches across the country. |
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UNINA9911139995803321 |
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Autore |
McGuire Shayne <1966-> |
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Buy gold now : how a real estate bust, our bulging national debt, and the languishing dollar will push gold to record highs / / Shayne McGuire |
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Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2008 |
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9786611217556 |
9781281217554 |
1281217557 |
9780470268001 |
047026800X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (238 p.) |
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Gold |
Investments - United States |
Monetary policy - United States |
Balance of payments - United States |
United States Economic conditions 2001-2009 |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-215) and index. |
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Our debt: American financial risk has never been higher -- The 65-trillion-dollar wind blowing from our futures -- How can families really be getting richer by borrowing more? -- Why the world continues |
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lending (most of its savings) to us -- Relying on foreigners: our economic future may be out of our hands -- Our homes: the epicenter of American economic risk -- Real estate, this decade's economic driver, could drive us into recession -- The negative amortization mortgage loan is born -- Tighter lending standards and no help from the fed -- The great American equity cash-out is coming to an end -- Financial culture shock: real estate investment can have a negative return -- Our economy: the longest economic boom ever is probably ending -- Balance sheet recession: we could be heading in a Japanese direction -- Smiling on the lawnmower: affluent poverty -- When the fed cuts rates again, will the dollar finally collapse? -- The case for owning gold -- Why the time is right for gold to skyrocket -- Stocks and bonds offer little compensation for risk today -- Gold's scarcity: new sources of demand and falling supply -- How to buy gold -- When you simply want financial insurance -- Mining stocks, ETFs and goldmoney -- Rare coins: a bet on the highest possible gains in gold -- Why silver might outperform gold -- Conclusion: don't be a gold bug: sell when it is time to sell. |
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Masterfully researched, and written in a straightforward style, Buy Gold Now makes a case for buying gold as protection against the rising risks of an unprecedented global currency crisis and as a profitable investment vehicle. Divided into five comprehensive parts, this reliable resource examines our country's current financial situation from a historical perspective and addresses some of the alarming issues that many economists are currently pointing to with concern. |
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