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The lakes of Pontchartrain : their history and environments /
A vital and volatile part of the New Orleans landscape and lifestyle, the Lake Pontchartrain Basin actually contains three major bodies of water--Lakes Borgne, Pontchartrain, and Maurepas. These make up the Pontchartrain estuary. Robert W. Hastings provides a thorough examination of the historical a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | A vital and volatile part of the New Orleans landscape and lifestyle, the Lake Pontchartrain Basin actually contains three major bodies of water--Lakes Borgne, Pontchartrain, and Maurepas. These make up the Pontchartrain estuary. Robert W. Hastings provides a thorough examination of the historical and environmental research on the basin, with emphasis on its environmental degradation and the efforts to restore and protect this estuarine system. He also explores the current biological condition of the lakes. Hastings begins with the geological formation of the lakes and the relationship between. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 319 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-293) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781604734706 1604734701 1282484753 9781282484757 1282484761 9781282484764 9786612484766 6612484764 9781626744356 1626744351 |