Long Island Sound Prospects for the Urban Sea

Long Island Sound Prospects for the Urban Sea / edited by James S. Latimer, Mark A. Tedesco, R. Lawrence Swanson, Charles Yarish, Paul E. Stacey, Corey Garza.

Long Island Sound: Prospects for the Urban Sea is the first synthesis of the science of Long Island Sound in more than thirty-five years. Described by Daniel Webster as the American Mediterranean, four centuries of human habitation, use, and abuse have created a trajectory of change being duplicated...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Latimer, James S. (Editor), Tedesco, Mark A. (Editor), Swanson, R. Lawrence (Editor), Yarish, Charles (Editor), Stacey, Paul E. (Editor), Garza, Corey (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Springer Series on Environmental Management,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Aquatic ecology .
Hydrology.
Marine sciences.
Freshwater.
Ecosystems.
Environmental management.
Conservation biology.
Ecology .
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Dedication
  • Preface/Introduction
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contributors
  • Acronyms and Common Units
  • Chapter 1: LONG ISLAND SOUND: A SOCIOECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE
  • Chapter 2: THE GEOLOGY OF LONG ISLAND SOUND
  • Chapter 3: THE PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY OF LONG ISLAND SOUND
  • Chapter 4: GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE LONG ISLAND SOUND ESTUARY
  • Chapter 5: METALS, ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, AND NUTRIENTS IN LONG ISLAND SOUND: SOURCES, MAGNITUDES, TRENDS AND IMPACTS
  • Chapter 6: BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF LONG ISLAND SOUND
  • Chapter 7: SYNTHESIS FOR MANAGEMENT
  • Glossary.-.

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