Now championed as critical habitats for plants, animals, and people because of the environmental service and protection they provide, salt marshes were once considered unproductive wastelands. Salt Marshes, with an emphasis coastal wetlands in the Atlantic and Gulf regions and the San Francisco Bay area, offers readers a wealth of essential information about a variety of flora and fauna, marshes' ecological importance, consequences of human neglect and overdevelopment, and insight into how these wetlands recover.
Now championed as critical habitats for plants, animals, and people because of the environmental service and protection they provide, salt marshes were once considered unproductive wastelands. Salt Marshes, with an emphasis coastal wetlands in the Atlantic and Gulf regions and the San Francisco Bay area, offers readers a wealth of essential information about a variety of flora and fauna, marshes' ecological importance, consequences of human neglect and overdevelopment, and insight into how these wetlands recover.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
JUDITH S. WEIS is a professor in the department of biological sciences at Rutgers University, Newark. An expert on estuarine biology, she is past-president of the American Institute of Biological Sciences, and frequently serves as a consultant to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). CAROL A. BUTLER is the coauthor and photographer for an animal Q & A series from Rutgers University Press which includes Do Butterflies Bite? Fascinating Answers to Questions About Butterflies and Moths and forthcoming books on bees, hummingbirds, and bats.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Natural History Salt Marsh Basics Primary Producers-The Plants Animals of the Salt Marsh-Consumers Part II: Human Alterations to Salt Marshes Physical Alterations Pollution Biological Alterations: Non-indigenous Species Marsh Restoration and Management for Environmental Improvement Death and Rebirth of an Urban Wetland-The Hackensack Meadowlands Appendix: Species Index References Index
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Natural History Salt Marsh Basics Primary Producers-The Plants Animals of the Salt Marsh-Consumers Part II: Human Alterations to Salt Marshes Physical Alterations Pollution Biological Alterations: Non-indigenous Species Marsh Restoration and Management for Environmental Improvement Death and Rebirth of an Urban Wetland-The Hackensack Meadowlands Appendix: Species Index References Index
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