The Peace-Athabasca Delta : portrait of a dynamic ecosystem / / Kevin P. Timoney
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| Autore: |
Timoney Kevin
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| Titolo: |
The Peace-Athabasca Delta : portrait of a dynamic ecosystem / / Kevin P. Timoney
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| Pubblicazione: | Alberta, Canada : , : The University of Alberta Press, , 2013 |
| ©2013 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (608 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 577.8/20971231 |
| Soggetto topico: | Biotic communities - Alberta - Peace-Athabasca Delta |
| Natural history - Alberta - Peace-Athabasca Delta | |
| Petroleum industry and trade - Alberta | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Peace-Athabasca Delta (Alta.) |
| Soggetto non controllato: | Ecology |
| Nature | |
| Petroleum Industry | |
| Rivers | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 1. Introduction -- A. Delta as a Physical and Biological System -- 2. Delta's Physical Environment and Landforms -- 3. Natural History Flora and Vegetation -- 4. Natural History Fauna and Wildlife -- B. Processes of Change in the Delta -- 5. Climate and Climate Change Principles and Processes -- 6. Physical and Hydrological Processes of Change -- C. History of Environmental Changes in the Delta -- 7. Natural Record of Change in the Delta -- 8. Historic Record of Change in the Delta -- D. Human Activity in the Delta -- 9. Human History Prior to the 20th Century -- 10. Human History After 1900 -- 11. Human Effects Upon the Delta Region -- E. Future -- 12. Future -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Glossary -- Appendices -- A. Physical Delta -- A1. Is The Delta The "Largest" Inland Delta? -- A2. Bedrock Geology And Its Later Modification -- B. Ecological Importance Of The Delta -- B1. Ecological Goods And Services Supplied By The Delta -- B2. Description Of The Peace-Athabasca Delta From The Ramsar List Of Wetlands Of International Importance -- B3. Environmentally Significant Areas In The Peace-Athabasca Delta Region -- C. Biota of the Delta -- C1. Vascular Plants -- C2. Mosses, Liverworts, And Lichens -- C3. Diatoms -- C4. Aquatic Invertebrates -- C5. Fishes -- C6. Birds -- C7. Mammals -- C8. Peace-Athabasca Delta Muskrat Ecology -- D. Gazetteer And Map Of The Peace-Athabasca Delta. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Timely ecology of the Peace-Athabasca Delta, the threatened home of wildlife and indigenous cultures. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Peace-Athabasca Delta |
| ISBN: | 0-88864-802-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910789452403321 |
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