2007 Georgia Water Resources Conference
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Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Water quality management |
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Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Water quality management |
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Author | : Kathryn J. Hatcher |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 826 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Water quality management |
ISBN | : 9780935835076 |
Author | : Kathryn J. Hatcher |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 570 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Nature |
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Author | : Kathryn J. Hatcher |
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Total Pages | : 430 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Nature |
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Author | : Robert Jerome Glennon |
Publisher | : Island Press |
Total Pages | : 523 |
Release | : 2010-09-23 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 159726816X |
Robert Glennon captures the irony-and tragedy-of America's water crisis in a book that is both frightening and wickedly comical. He proposes market-based solutions that value water as both a commodity and a fundamental human right. One truth runs throughout this book: only when we recognize water's worth will we begin to conserve it.--From the publisher.
Author | : Geological Survey (U.S.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 793 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Water quality management |
ISBN | : 9780935835076 |
Author | : Charles Seabrook |
Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 381 |
Release | : 2013-05-01 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0820345334 |
The World of the Salt Marsh is a wide-ranging exploration of the southeastern coast--its natural history, its people and their way of life, and the historic and ongoing threats to its ecological survival. Focusing on areas from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, to Cape Canaveral, Florida, Charles Seabrook examines the ecological importance of the salt marsh, calling it "a biological factory without equal." Twice-daily tides carry in a supply of nutrients that nourish vast meadows of spartina ( Spartina alterniflora )--a crucial habitat for creatures ranging from tiny marine invertebrates to wading birds. The meadows provide vital nurseries for 80 percent of the seafood species, including oysters, crabs, shrimp, and a variety of finfish, and they are invaluable for storm protection, erosion prevention, and pollution filtration. Seabrook is also concerned with the plight of the people who make their living from the coast's bounty and who carry on its unique culture. Among them are Charlie Phillips, a fishmonger whose livelihood is threatened by development in McIntosh County, Georgia, and Vera Manigault of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, a basket maker of Gullah-Geechee descent, who says that the sweetgrass needed to make her culturally significant wares is becoming scarcer. For all of the biodiversity and cultural history of the salt marshes, many still view them as vast wastelands to be drained, diked, or "improved" for development into highways and subdivisions. If people can better understand and appreciate these ecosystems, Seabrook contends, they are more likely to join the growing chorus of scientists, conservationists, fishermen, and coastal visitors and residents calling for protection of these truly amazing places.
Author | : Geological Survey (U.S.) |
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Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Water quality management |
ISBN | : 9780935835083 |
Author | : Tom Swihart |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2012-06-25 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 113652164X |
Florida's Water poses fundamental questions about water sustainability in the United States' fourth largest state. Florida has long-standing water quality problems. Global climate change threatens to intensify Florida's floods and droughts, make hurricanes more common or more damaging, and eventually submerge much of low-lying Florida, including the Everglades. How can Florida meet these extraordinary challenges? And what lessons does the Florida experience hold for other states? This book fully integrates the many diverse responsibilities of water management into a readable and compelling combination of interesting narratives and deep analysis. Author Tom Swihart's unique, intimate knowledge of Florida's successes and failures in water management brings out both the novelty of Florida's water situation and the features that it has in common with other states.
Author | : Leslie Edwards |
Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 697 |
Release | : 2013-02-01 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0820330213 |
The Natural Communities of Georgia presents a comprehensive overview of the state’s natural landscapes, providing an ecological context to enhance understanding of this region’s natural history. Georgia boasts an impressive range of natural communities, assemblages of interacting species that have either been minimally impacted by modern human activities or have successfully recovered from them. This guide makes the case that identifying these distinctive communities and the factors that determine their distribution are central to understanding Georgia’s ecological diversity and the steps necessary for its conservation. Within Georgia’s five major ecoregions the editors identify and describe a total of sixty-six natural communities, such as the expansive salt marshes of the barrier islands in the Maritime ecoregion, the fire-driven longleaf pine woodlands of the Coastal Plain, the beautiful granite outcrops of the Piedmont, the rare prairies of the Ridge and Valley, and the diverse coves of the Blue Ridge. With contributions from scientists who have managed, researched, and written about Georgia landscapes for decades, the guide features more than four hundred color photographs that reveal the stunning natural beauty and diversity of the state. The book also explores conservation issues, including rare or declining species, current and future threats to specific areas, and research needs, and provides land management strategies for preserving, restoring, and maintaining biotic communities. The Natural Communities of Georgia is an essential reference for ecologists and other scientists, as well as a rich resource for Georgians interested in the region’s natural heritage.