Natural history of San Francisco Bay /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Rubissow Okamoto, Ariel.
Imprint:	Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 335 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language:	English
Series:	California natural history guides ; no. 102 California natural history guides ; 102.
Subject:	Estuarine ecology -- California -- San Francisco Bay. Endangered ecosystems -- California -- San Francisco Bay. Restoration ecology -- California -- San Francisco Bay. Endangered ecosystems. Estuarine ecology. Restoration ecology. Pacific Ocean -- San Francisco Bay. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11101406

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Other authors / contributors:	Wong, Kathleen M. (Kathleen Michelle)
ISBN:	9780520949980 0520949986 9780520268265 9780520268258 0520268253 0520268261 1283278324 9781283278324 9786613278326 6613278327
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Rubissow Okamoto, Ariel. Natural history of San Francisco Bay. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011

Table of 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.

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