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Ecology, Conservation, and Restoration of Tidal Marshes : the San Francisco Estuary.

The San Francisco Bay, the biggest estuary on the west coast of North America, was once surrounded by an almost unbroken chain of tidal wetlands, a fecund sieve of ecosystems connecting the land and the Bay. Today, most of these wetlands have disappeared under the demands of coastal development, and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Palaima, Arnas (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.
Colección:Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environment.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; ECOLOGY, CONSERVATION, and RESTORATION of TIDAL MARSHES; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Contributors; San Francisco Estuary Tidal Marshes (Map); Global Salt Marshes (Map); Foreword: Some Thoughts on San Francisco Bay and Its Wetlands; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES ON TIDAL MARSHES: AN INTRODUCTION; Part I Ecology: Environment; 2 HISTORICAL FORMATION; 3 GEOMORPHOLOGY, HYDROLOGY, AND TIDAL INFLUENCES; 4 POLLUTION: PERSISTENT ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS AND TRACE METALS; 5 POLLUTION: EMERGING CONTAMINANTS; 6 TIDAL MARSHES IN THE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
  • Part II Ecology: Organisms7 TIDAL VEGETATION: SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; 8 TIDAL WETLAND VEGETATION AND ECOTONE PROFILES: THE RUSH RANCH OPEN SPACE PRESERVE; 9 INVERTEBRATES: PAST AND CURRENT INVASIONS; 10 INVERTEBRATES: A CASE STUDY OF CHINA CAMP STATE PARK, MARIN COUNTY; 11 FISHES; 12 BIRD COMMUNITIES: EFFECTS OF FRAGMENTATION, DISTURBANCE, AND SEA LEVEL RISE ON POPULATION VIABILITY; 13 SMALL MAMMALS; Part III Conservation and Restoration; 14 ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; 15 POLICY: ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES.
  • 16 RESEARCH RESERVES AS A MODEL FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT OF TIDAL MARSHES17 NATURAL AND RESTORED TIDAL MARSH COMMUNITIES; 18 CURRENT ISSUES IN TIDAL MARSHRESTORATION; Index.