Natural History of San Francisco Bay / / Ariel Rubissow Okamoto, Kathleen Wong

• Autore: Rubissow Okamoto Ariel
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011]; ©2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Disciplina: 508.794/6
• Soggetto topico: Estuarine ecology - California - San Francisco Bay; Endangered ecosystems - San Francisco Bay - California; Restoration ecology - California - San Francisco Bay
• Soggetto non controllato: activists; aquatic ecosystem; bay area; biodiversity; bodies of water; california history; california; climate change; climate cycles; eelgrass beds; endangered species; environmental movement; environmentalists; fish and wildlife; industrialization; invasive species; natural history; natural sciences; nonfiction; oil tankers; pacific ocean; pollution; primer; resource management; san francisco bay; scientists; tidal wetlands; travel guide; waterbirds
• Persona (resp. second.): WongKathleen
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Natural History of San Francisco Bay
• ISBN: 1-283-27832-4; 9786613278326; 0-520-94998-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781315803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: California Natural History Guides