Ecology, Conservation, and Restoration of Tidal Marshes

Ecology, Conservation, and Restoration of Tidal Marshes
Author: Arnas Palaima
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2012-09-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0520274296

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 those that remain cling precariously to a drastically altered coastline. This volume is a collaborative effort of nearly 40 scholars in which the wealth of scientific knowledge available on tidal wetlands of the San Francisco Estuary is summarized and integrated. This book addresses issues of taxonomy, geomorphology, toxicology, the impact of climate change, ecosystem services, public policy, and conservation, and it is an essential resource for ecologists, environmental scientists, coastal policymakers, and researchers interested in estuaries and conserving and restoring coastal wetlands around the world.

Terrestrial Vertebrates of Tidal Marshes

Terrestrial Vertebrates of Tidal Marshes
Author: Russell Greenberg
Publisher:
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2006
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

Collection of twenty papers presented at a symposium held in October 2002 at the Patuxent National Wildlife Research Center, Patuxent, Maryland.

A Field Guide to the Natural Communities of Michigan

A Field Guide to the Natural Communities of Michigan
Author: Joshua G. Cohen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9781611861341

Small enough to carry in a backpack, this comprehensive guide explores the many diverse natural communities of Michigan, providing detailed descriptions, distribution maps, photographs, lists of characteristic plants, suggested sites to visit, and a dichotomous key for aiding field identification. This is a key tool for those seeking to understand, describe, document, conserve, and restore the diversity of natural communities native to Michigan.