Author: William S. TuohyPublisher:
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Category : San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Characterizing the San Francisco Estuary
Author: William S. TuohyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Temporal Dynamics of an Estuary: San Francisco Bay
Author: James E. CloernPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 9061935385
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Estuaries are highly dynamic systems subject to changes occurring over a spectrum of time scales ranging from very short periods (e. g. over a tidal cycle) to geologic time scales. The nature of an estuary reflects complex responses to many driving forces, each having a characteristic frequency (or frequencies) of change. For example, freshwater inflow to estuaries varies daily in response to short-term events such as storms, seasonally, and between years as a result of longer-term climatic variability. Other important components of weather, e. g. wind speed/ direction and daily insolation, also vary over time scales ranging from hours to years. Tidal amplitude changes continuously with dominant frequencies associated with the semi-diurnal cycle, the fortnightly neap-spring, and the semi-annual cycle. Temporal dynamics of these driving forces evoke responses in the form of changing (I) circulation patterns and mixing, (2) sediment composition and transport, (3) solute speciation and distribution, (4) composition and abundance of particulates, (5) biomass, species composition, and productivity of plant and animal communities, (6) rates of material exchange between the sediments, water column, and atmosphere, and (7) bioavailability of trace metals and other pollutants. The purpose of this book is to examine the temporal dynamics of these properties and processes in the San Francisco Bay estuary.
Ecological Characterization of the Central and Northern California Coastal Region: pt.1. Regional characterization. pt.2. Species
Author: An Ecological Characterization of the Central and Northern California Coastal Region: Watersheds and basins (2 v.)
Author: San Francisco Estuary, Invasive Spartina Project, Spartina Control Program
Author: Ecological Characterization of the Central and Northern California Coastal Region: pt.1. Habitats. pt.2. Community composition lists
Author: An Ecological Characterization of the Central and Northern California Coastal Region: pt. 1 Habitats
Author: Ecosystems of California
Author: Harold MooneyPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520278801
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1008
Book Description
This long-anticipated reference and sourcebook for CaliforniaÕs remarkable ecological abundance provides an integrated assessment of each major ecosystem typeÑits distribution, structure, function, and management. A comprehensive synthesis of our knowledge about this biologically diverse state, Ecosystems of California covers the state from oceans to mountaintops using multiple lenses: past and present, flora and fauna, aquatic and terrestrial, natural and managed. Each chapter evaluates natural processes for a specific ecosystem, describes drivers of change, and discusses how that ecosystem may be altered in the future. This book also explores the drivers of CaliforniaÕs ecological patterns and the history of the stateÕs various ecosystems, outlining how the challenges of climate change and invasive species and opportunities for regulation and stewardship could potentially affect the stateÕs ecosystems. The text explicitly incorporates both human impacts and conservation and restoration efforts and shows how ecosystems support human well-being. Edited by two esteemed ecosystem ecologists and with overviews by leading experts on each ecosystem, this definitive work will be indispensable for natural resource management and conservation professionals as well as for undergraduate or graduate students of CaliforniaÕs environment and curious naturalists.
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