Rare Coastal Dune Lakes

Rare Coastal Dune Lakes
Author: Ginger Jackson Sinton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2013-05-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9780989375603

Northwest Florida is home to fifteen rare coastal dune lakes that share an intermittent connection with the Gulf of Mexico. This full-color, 112-page photo book reveals the beauty and rarity of the lakes and the surrounding emerald coast communities along the Scenic Highway 30A area. The dune lakes are mostly freshwater lakes with occasional saltwater exchange from the gulf, creating biologically diverse ecosystems. Natural habitats for a huge variety of flora and fauna, coastal dune lakes are brackish, dynamic, geological treasures in South Walton County, Florida. Author/photographer Ginger Jackson Sinton explores the beauty of the lakes and the diversity of the ecosystems surrounding them. With an eye for nature and the environment, she weaves personal anecdotes through the photo guidebook. The ?Sense of Home? in the subtitle is twofold: the dune lakes habitats of native plants and animals and her own fondness for the colorful locale along the gulf coast.

Coastal Wetlands of the World

Coastal Wetlands of the World
Author: David B. Scott
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2014-03-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1107056012

A cutting-edge introduction to coastal wetlands and their applications, for students on related earth and life science courses and researchers.

Ecology of Dunes, Salt Marsh and Shingle

Ecology of Dunes, Salt Marsh and Shingle
Author: J.R. Packham
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1997-09-30
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780412579806

Summary: Discusses coastal sand dune, shingle beach, and salt marsh ecosystems, communities based upon relatively unconsolidated granular deposits which frequently rest upon solid rock or, much more rarely, on peat.

Environmental Flows

Environmental Flows
Author: Angela Arthington
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 422
Release: 2012-10-15
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0520953452

Environmental Flows describes the timing, quality, and quantity of water flows required to sustain freshwater and estuarine ecosystems and the human well-being and livelihoods that depend upon them. It answers crucial questions about the flow of water within and between different kinds of ecosystems. What happens when the flow or the availability of water is curtailed or diverted, either naturally or by human activity? How will climate change alter the availability of water and impact aquatic ecosystems? Methodological developments from the simplest hydrological formulas to large-scale frameworks that inform water management make this book a must-read for water managers and freshwater and estuarine ecologists contending with ever-changing conditions influencing the flow of water.

Priceless Florida

Priceless Florida
Author: Eleanor Noss Whitney
Publisher: Pineapple Press Inc
Total Pages: 536
Release: 2004
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9781561643080

Ellie Whitney grew up in New York City, was educated at Harvard and Washington universities, and has lived in Tallahassee since 1970. She has taught at Florida State and Florida A & M universities Bruce Means grew up in Alaska, has a Ph. D. in biology from the Florida State University, and is president of the Coastal Plains Institute and Land Conservancy Anne Rudloe has a Ph. D. in biology from Florida State University. She and her husband Jack Rudloe live in Panacea, Florida, where they run the Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory.