Books, Outdoors & Nature, Ecosystems, Estuaries

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John Stilgoe
Shallow-Water Dictionary
by Princeton Architectural Press (Paperback)

Shallow-Water Dictionary is both a celebration of the richness of?our vernacular language and a lament on its passing -- and?with it, the passing of the words we need to understand the shallow-water?regions, which, once the primary landscape of America, now face?extinction, both physical and linguistic.??Beautifully written, Shallow-Water Dictionary is a?thought-provoking and valuable addition to our knowlege of our changing?landscape. Stilgoe's definitions are lyric explanations --?literary, etymological, historical, vernacular -- of?more than 25 words and terms whose original meanings have been eroded by?time.

Peter M. French
Coastal and Estuarine Management (Routledge Environmental Management Series)
by Routledge (Hardcover)

The coast can no longer be left to nature to determine its fate. Wealth, property, economic interests, recreation, tourism and wildlife are all threatened. Coastal and Estuarine Management examines the issues surrounding the human use and abuse of estuarine and coastal environments. Emphasizing the importance and significance of this natural resource, the uses and conflicts which occur and the results of human activity, Peter W. French explains the ways in which conservation and management policies and practices can protect this productive and diverse ecosystem. Examples and real-life case studies illustrate the effect of human intervention, both from a historic and contemporary perspective. Exposing the environmental consequences of estuarine pollution, French highlights the need for management strategies to promote a sustainable development ethic for estuaries.

Keith R. Dyer
Estuaries: A Physical Introduction, 2E
by John Wiley & Sons (Paperback)

An estuary is the tidal mouth of a large river, and is a marine area where freshwater and saltwater meet. This book examines the physical aspects of estuaries, and has been updated to include new research on sediment dynamics, estuarine mixing mechanisms, effects of global warming, and mathematical modeling of estuarine physics.

K.L. Hemingway
Fishes in Estuaries
by Wiley-Blackwell (Hardcover)

This landmark publication collates information and studies on the use of estuaries, and specific habitats within them, as nursery, feeding and refuge areas, and migration routes of marine and other fish, many of which are of commercial and conservation importance. The editors and authors of the book have carefully compiled a huge wealth of information from the work of 18 organizations across 11 countries, providing a unique collection of data never before brought together within the covers of one book.Chapters within this exceptional publication cover habitat use by fishes, recruitment and production in estuaries, links between fish and other trophic levels, endangered and rare species, estuarine development and restoration, environmental quality of estuaries and the management of estuarine fishes. The book notably contains extensive chapters on field methods and data analysis.Fishes in Estuaries is an essential tool and reference source for fisheries and environmental managers, ...

Jack Hardisty
Estuaries: Monitoring and Modeling the Physical System
by Wiley-Blackwell (Hardcover)

Estuaries are complex and fascinating natural environments, where constantly changing water depths generate rapidly reversing currents and transport vast quantities of salt, heat, and sediment on a daily basis. Estuaries: Monitoring and Modeling the Physical System examines these processes, offering extensive information about the geological evolution of estuaries, and details of bathymetry, tides, currents, salt and heat, and suspended sediment. By carefully building a working computer model which accurately emulates the complexities inherent in estuaries, students learn quickly to model the tides and currents, and then to build and test salinity, temperature, and suspended sediment modules. The book is strongly supported by a website at www.blackwellpublishing.com/hardisty which includes: * Regularly updated Dynamic Internet References * Excel routines for individual formulae and diagrams * Full coding for the estuarine model

Mixing in Estuaries and Coastal Seas (Coastal and Estuarine Studies, 50)
by American Geophysical Union (Hardcover)

Roy Lewis
Dispersion in Estuaries and Coastal Waters
by Wiley (Hardcover)

Dispersion in Estuaries and Coastal Waters describes the physical processes which result in the dilution of a substance in the marine environment. The emphasis is mainly on the fundamental mechanisms of dispersion and the occurrence of these processes in estuaries and coastal waters Aspects of the present understanding of fluid dynamics in homogenous and stratified flows are discussed, with particular reference to the relevance of flow conditions to the turbulent state. The book describes how the associated dispersion processes are represented in mathematical models to quantify dilution in marine systems and the experimental techniques used to derive the mixing parameters required for the models. Concluding by discussing the application of the concepts of dispersion in well mixed, stratified and partially mixed systems, Dispersion in Estuaries and Coastal Waters acts as an excellent guide book for those needing to solve practical problems relating to marine dispersion. It also ...

Estuarine Science: A Synthetic Approach To Research And Practice
by Island Press (Hardcover)

Estuaries are the point of convergence for an array of coastal and ocean environmental issues. Management of these rapidly changing environments requires a whole-system perspective that includes integration of all available knowledge of the ecology, chemistry and physics of estuaries. This work synthesizes the research and writing on marine and coastal environments. Each of the book's five sections introduces a major area of estuarine synthesis; highlights key problems; reports case histories; and recommends types of data to collect, processes to study and models to build for a predictive understanding.

Nelson Marshall
The scallop estuary: The natural features of the Niantic River
by Th' Anchorage Pub (Unknown Binding)

Well written description, natural history of the Niantic River and Estuary region in Connecticut.

Biogeochemistry of Gulf of Mexico Estuaries
by Wiley (Hardcover)

The fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico make up the largest commercial fishery in the United States. But the ecology of the Gulf is in trouble: much of the Gulf is subject to critical problems with toxic microorganisms. This important book addresses the emergency, providing indispensable research findings and material on sedimentary processes, nutrient flows, carbon, and trace metal cycling. Time is of the essence in examining these problems; this book cuts to the heart of the matter, providing ecologists and biologists with the first coherent treatment of the subject.

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