Let Them Eat Shrimp The Tragic Disappearance of the Rainforests of the Sea /

What's the connection between a platter of jumbo shrimp at your local restaurant and murdered fishermen in Honduras, impoverished women in Ecuador, and disastrous hurricanes along America's Gulf coast? Mangroves. Many people have never heard of these salt-water forests, but for those who d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Warne, Kennedy (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2011.
Edición:1st ed. 2011.
Temas:
Water.
Hydrology.
Forestry.
Freshwater ecology.
Marine ecology.
Biotic communities.
Animal culture.
Freshwater and Marine Ecology.
Ecosystems.
Animal Science.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Tigers in the Aisles
  • 2. Paradise Lost
  • 3. Pink Gold and a Blue Revolution
  • 4. The Old Man and the Mud Crab
  • 5. The Cockle Gatherers of Tambillo
  • 6. A Just Fight
  • 7. Bimini Twist
  • 8. Candy and the Magic Forest
  • 9. The Carbon Sleuth
  • 10. Paradise Regained
  • 11. The Road to Manzanar
  • 12. Under the Mango Tree
  • 13. A City and Its Mangroves
  • 14. A Mangrove'sWorth
  • Author's Note
  • Further Reading
  • Index.

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