| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 335 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
| Series |
California natural history guides ; no. 102 |
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California natural history guides ; 102.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Prologue; Acknowledgments; Taking the Plunge; Beneath the Surface: What Is an Estuary?; Visible and Invisible Life: Fish, Birds, and Other Wildlife; History of Human Changes: 1800s-1960s; The Environmental Backlash: 1960s-Present; Restoration Frontiers: The Watershed; Restoration Frontiers: The Bay; Climate Change and the Bay's Future; Coda; Glossary; Historical Timeline; References; Learning More, Helping Out: A Few Places to Start; Art Credits; Index. |
| Summary |
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 restorat. |
| Subject |
Estuarine ecology -- California -- San Francisco Bay.
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Endangered ecosystems -- California -- San Francisco Bay.
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Restoration ecology -- California -- San Francisco Bay.
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Natural history.
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Science.
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NATURE -- Essays.
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NATURE -- Reference.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism.
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NATURE -- Ecology.
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Endangered ecosystems. (OCoLC)fst00909648
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Estuarine ecology. (OCoLC)fst00915685
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Restoration ecology. (OCoLC)fst01095983
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Pacific Ocean -- San Francisco Bay.
(OCoLC)fst01242396
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| Added Author |
Wong, Kathleen M. (Kathleen Michelle)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rubissow Okamoto, Ariel. Natural history of San Francisco Bay. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011 (DLC) 2010046564 |
| ISBN |
9780520949980 (electronic bk.) |
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0520949986 (electronic bk.) |
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