Natural History of San Francisco Bay: Volume 102-电子书百科大全

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Natural History of San Francisco Bay: Volume 102

Author(s): Ariel Rubissow Okamoto (Author), Kathleen Wong (Author)

Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Date: 21 Oct. 2011
Edition: Illustrated
Language: English
Print length: 368 pages
ISBN-10: 0520268261
ISBN-13: 9780520268265

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This complete primer on San Francisco Bay is a multifaceted exploration of an extraordinary, and remarkably resilient, body of water. Bustling with oil tankers, laced with pollutants, and crowded with forty-six cities, the bay is still home to healthy eelgrass beds, young Dungeness crabs and sharks, and millions of waterbirds. Written in an entertaining style for a wide audience, "Natural History of San Francisco Bay" delves into an array of topics including fish and wildlife, ocean and climate cycles, endangered and invasive species, and the path from industrialization to environmental restoration. More than sixty scientists, activists, and resource managers share their views and describe their work - tracing mercury through the aquatic ecosystem, finding ways to convert salt ponds back to tidal wetlands, anticipating the repercussions of climate change, and more. Fully illustrated and packed with stories, quotes, and facts, the guide also tells how San Francisco Bay sparked an environmental movement that now reaches across the country.

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"After experiencing, researching, and writing about San Francisco Bay over a period of 50 years, I was certain that I knew all there was to know about it. I was wrong. Rubissow Okamoto and Wong have enabled me to see it in a new dimension--call it 3D or maybe even 4D." --Harold Gilliam, author of San Francisco Bay

"This is an eminently readable account of the natural and human history of San Francisco Bay." --Rainer Hoenicke, Director, San Francisco Estuary Institute

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