Author: Kenneth A. MoorePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marsh plants
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
City of Suffolk Tidal Marsh Inventory
Author: Kenneth A. MoorePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marsh plants
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Programmatic National Spent Nuclear Fuel Management Program and Idaho National Engineering Laboratory Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Program (ID,CA,WA,NV)
Author: The Chesopiean
Author: Craney Island Eastward Expansion, Norfolk Harbor and Channels, Hampton Roads
Author: Virginia State Documents
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : State government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
John Smith's Chesapeake Voyages, 1607-1609
Author: Helen C. RountreePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Captain John Smith's voyages throughout the new world did not end--or, for that matter, begin--with the trip on which he was captured and brought to the great chief Powhatan. Partly in an effort to map the region, Smith covered countless leagues of the Chesapeake Bay and its many tributary rivers, and documented his experiences. In this ambitious and extensively illustrated book, scholars from multiple disciplines take the reader on Smith's exploratory voyages and reconstruct the Chesapeake environment and its people as Smith encountered them. Beginning with a description of the land and waterways as they were then, the book also provides a portrait of the native peoples who lived and worked on them--as well as the motives, and the means, the recently arrived English had at their disposal for learning about a world only they thought of as "new." Readers are then taken along on John Smith's two expeditions to map the bay, an account drawn largely from Smith's own journals and told by the coauthor, an avid sailor, with a complete reconstruction of the winds, tides, and local currents Smith would have faced. The authors then examine the region in more detail: the major river valleys, the various parts of the Eastern Shore, and the head of the Bay. Each area is mapped and described, with added sections on how the Native Americans used the specific natural resources available, how English settlements spread, and what has happened to the native people since the English arrived. The book concludes with a discussion on the changes in the region's waters and its plant and animal life since John Smith's time--some of which reflect the natural shifts over time in this dynamic ecosystem, others the result of the increased human population and the demands that come with it. Published by the University of Virginia Press in association with Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network, and the U.S. National Park Service, Virginia Department of Historic Resources, and Maryland Historical Trust.
Regional Inventory Report, South Atlantic-Gulf region, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands;Inventory report, Lower Mississippi region;Texas coast shores, regional inventory report
Author: United States. Army. Office of the Chief of EngineersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coasts
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
Biennial Report
Author: Virginia Institute of Marine SciencePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marine sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Route 58 and Midtown Tunnel Construction, West Norfolk Bridge to Brambleton Ave, Portsmouth, Norfolk
Author: Saltmarsh
Author: Clive ChattersPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472942973
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
'Saltmarshes are often remote, inhospitable places, neither land nor sea, as hard to pin down as they are to navigate. In this saline odyssey, Clive Chatters has explored his favourite creeks, pools and mudflats to bring us an absorbing celebration of the ecology, biology, geology and history of this scarce and mysterious habitat. There are Tadpole Shrimps, and rare sedges, waders and Wild Celery – even inland saltmarshes – in this tour de force by a superb naturalist and writer.' - BRETT WESTWOOD, naturalist, author and radio presenter Saltmarshes are among Britain's most diverse and dynamic landscapes. They abound around our shores but may also be found inland and at altitude – wherever water, salt and vegetation combine. The species they support range from extreme rarities of specialised habitats to the less demanding denizens of coastal wetlands. Here is a landscape of international importance for migratory birds, endemic plants and an exceptional variety of invertebrates. Clive Chatters has a lifetime's affinity with saltmarshes. In this fifth volume of the British Wildlife Collection, he celebrates their natural history and diversity, from the highly distinctive marshes in the Scottish Highlands to the urban remnants of the Thames estuary now engulfed within the capital. By examining the past of these complex habitats, we can gain an insight into how they have developed, and an understanding of their relationship with people. In addition to their exceptionally diverse natural history, saltmarshes are sources of food and medicine, they play a pivotal role in flood defence and carbon sequestration, and have inspired artistic endeavour.