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The nature of North Carolina's southern coast : barrier islands, coastal waters, and wetlands /
For some years, The Nature of North Carolina's Southern Coast has stood as an essential resource for all who treasure our coastal environment. In this book, Dirk Frankenberg describes the southern coast's beaches, inlets, and estuaries and instructs readers in the responsible exploration a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
2012.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. / |
| Colección: | Southern gateways guide.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; One. Origins, Environmental Processes, and Communities; Introduction; Geologic Background: Coastal Origins and Sea Level Change; Coastal Processes and Habitats: Conditions That Sustain the Southern Coast; Natural Plant Communities: Twelve Examples from the Southern Coast; Two. Field Guide to Coastal Natural Areas: Outer Banks to South Carolina; Introduction; Ocracoke Inlet to Beaufort: The Undeveloped Shore; Beaufort through Bogue Sound: A Moderately Developed Shore; The White Oak River: An Extraordinary Estuary.
- Camp Lejeune and the New River: The Off-Limits ShoreTopsail Island Area: Developed Beach with Natural Back-barrier Systems; East of Wilmington: Natural Beaches, Dunes, and Grasslands; Brunswick County: The Swamp-backed Shore; Epilogue. Human Use of the Southern Coast; Population, Land Use, and Economic Development; Impact of Development on Coastal Resources and Water Quality; Environmental Management; Coastal Management and the Future; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.