Swanson / Bowman Between Stony Brook Harbor Tides

The Natural History of a Long Island Pocket Bay
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4384-6235-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 152 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

Reihe: Excelsior Editions

Examines the ecological and historical significance of the harbor and what it can bring to future residents.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Swanson, R. Lawrence

Bowman, Malcolm J.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments

1. Shaping the Harbor

2. Physical Oceanography

3. The Living Harbor

4. Human Impacts on the Harbor

5. Scars upon the Landscape

6. Governance

7. The Harbor’s Future

Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

At the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University, State University of New York, R. Lawrence Swanson is Associate Dean. Swanson is the coeditor (with James S. Latimer, Mark A. Tedesco, Charles Yarish, Paul E. Stacey, and Corey Garza) of Long Island Sound: Prospects for the Urban Sea. At the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University, State University of New York, Malcolm J. Bowman is Professor of Oceanography and Distinguished Service Professor. Bowman is the author and editor of more than sixty scientific texts, including Storm Surge Barriers to Protect New York City: Against the Deluge (coedited with Douglas Hill and Jagtar S. Khinda).