From Cape Cod To The Bay Of Fundy : An Environmental Atlas Of The Gulf Of Maine

  • [bookjacket|From Cape Cod To The Bay Of Fundy : An Environmental Atlas Of The Gulf Of Maine]

  • Title

    • From Cape Cod To The Bay Of Fundy : An Environmental Atlas Of The Gulf Of Maine

  • Attribution

    edited by Philip W. Conkling

  • Format

    Book

  • Published

    1995

  • Availability

    [availability|tl34696000294137]

  • Call Number

    • 574.5 Con

  • Description and Reviews

    With pinpoint clarity, the images demonstrate how these increasingly powerful sensing tools may be utilized to view and interpret elements of the natural environment and ultimately, to help rectify problems. In the carefully coordinated narrative essays, authors from across the region address issues raised by the images, for example: how much clear cutting is going on and what its effects are on other parts of the ecosystem; summarized from Amazon.com [reviews|asin=]

  • Author

  • Subject

  • Contents

    • An international commons / Philip W. Conkling
    • Landforms of theGulf of Maine / Joseph T. Kelley, Alice R. Kelley, and Spencer Apollonio
    • Waves, tides, and beaches: weather and climate interactions in the Gulf of Maine / Joseph T. Kelley and Alice R. Kelley
    • The garden in the sea: Biological oceanography / Charles S. Yentsch, Janet W. Campbell, and Spencer Apollonio
    • A peculiar piece of water: understanding fish distribution in the Gulf of Maine / Spencer Apollonio and Kenneth Mann
    • The top of the food chain: marine mammals and birds of the Gulf of Maine / David P. Platt…[et al.]
    • The thin edge between land and sea / Janice Harvey…[et al.]
    • Rivers, wetlands, and aquifers: how water moves through the watershed / Annette S. Naegel…[et al.]
    • Biodiversity: animal, plant, and landscape diversity in the Gulf of Maine / John J. H. Albright and Richard Podolsky
    • Human impact: from swordfish bones to sustainable economies / David D. Platt…[et al.]

  • ISBN

    • 0262032279
    • 0262531275

  • LCCN

    • 95003319

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  1. By Cook Memorial Library » Our Maine Collection on January 3, 2008 at 4:02 pm

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