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Category : Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
National Marine Sanctuaries: Cordell Bank, Gulf of the Farallones, and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries draft environmental impact statement
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Category : Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Management Plan
Author: Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Muir Woods National Monument
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Category : Golden Gate National Recreation Area (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Federal Register
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Category : Delegated legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, Management Plan
Author: Golden Gate National Recreation Area (N.R.A.), Muir Woods National Monument, General Management Plan
Author: Final Environmental Impact Statement and Management Plan for the Proposed Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
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Category : Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Ecosystems of California
Author: Harold MooneyPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520962176
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1009
Book Description
This long-anticipated reference and sourcebook for California’s remarkable ecological abundance provides an integrated assessment of each major ecosystem type—its 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 California’s ecological patterns and the history of the state’s various ecosystems, outlining how the challenges of climate change and invasive species and opportunities for regulation and stewardship could potentially affect the state’s 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 California’s environment and curious naturalists.
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Management Plan
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Category : Farallon Islands (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Ocean Acidification
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030916155X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The ocean has absorbed a significant portion of all human-made carbon dioxide emissions. This benefits human society by moderating the rate of climate change, but also causes unprecedented changes to ocean chemistry. Carbon dioxide taken up by the ocean decreases the pH of the water and leads to a suite of chemical changes collectively known as ocean acidification. The long term consequences of ocean acidification are not known, but are expected to result in changes to many ecosystems and the services they provide to society. Ocean Acidification: A National Strategy to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Ocean reviews the current state of knowledge, explores gaps in understanding, and identifies several key findings. Like climate change, ocean acidification is a growing global problem that will intensify with continued CO2 emissions and has the potential to change marine ecosystems and affect benefits to society. The federal government has taken positive initial steps by developing a national ocean acidification program, but more information is needed to fully understand and address the threat that ocean acidification may pose to marine ecosystems and the services they provide. In addition, a global observation network of chemical and biological sensors is needed to monitor changes in ocean conditions attributable to acidification.