This volume describes the major results and findings from a long-term study on the potential effects that the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant might have on the biology of the mid-portion of Chesapeake Bay. The data base is sufficiently large to permit characterization of domi…
Writing for both visitors and conservationists, James Nations describes how ancient and modern Maya peoples have used and guarded the rich natural resources of the Maya Tropical Forest.
"Understanding Wetlands explains how these unique habitats are created naturally and how they sustain themselves. It describes how the flora and fauna of wetlands are ideally adapted to their environment and how the ecosystem copes with pollutants and climatic change. The impact…
Strength in numbers -- The perfect swarm -- Division of labor -- Infrastructure -- Group transport -- Big game hunters -- Clash of the titans -- Notes from underground -- The canopy empire builder -- Treetop communities -- Negotiating the physical world -- The slaves of Sagehen …
This book presents an introduction, overview and extension of ecosystem management and environmental restoration principles and applications. It develops a new framework and approach to improving the environment through extensive case studies and analysis of environmental rehabi…
Concern about future supplies of fresh water to society, to meet the full range of human needs, now comes very high on the priority list of global societal issues. An overarching issue, which this book addresses, is whether global climate change is a dominant driver of change in…
This book divides the aquatic realm into 21 ecosystems, from those on land (both saline and fresh water) to those of the open and deep oceans. It draws on the understanding of leading ecologists to summarise the state and likely condition by the year 2025 of each of the ecosyste…
Concern about future supplies of fresh water to society, to meet the full range of human needs, now comes very high on the priority list of global societal issues. An overarching issue, which this book addresses, is whether global climate change is a dominant driver of change in…
Saline Lake ecosystems of the world
