Author: Michael P. ScorcaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Estimates of Nitrogen Loads Entering Long Island Sound from Ground Water and Streams on Long Island, New York, 1985-96
Author: Michael P. ScorcaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Estimation of Nitrogen Yields and Loads from Basins Draining to Long Island Sound, 1988-98
Author: John R. MullaneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nonpoint source pollution
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Water-resources Investigations Report
Author: Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Long Island Sound
Author: James S. LatimerPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 146146126X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
The U.S. Ocean Commission Report identified the need for regional ecosystem assessments to support coastal and ocean management. These assessments must provide greater understanding of physical and biological dynamics than assessments at global and national scales can provide but transcend state and local interests. This need and timeliness is apparent for Long Island Sound, where a multi-state regional restoration program is underway for America’s most urbanized estuary. Synthesis of the Long Island Sound ecosystem is needed to integrate knowledge across disciplines and provide insight into understanding and managing pressing issues, such as non-point sources of pollution, coastal development, global climatic change, and invasive species. Currently, there is a need for a comprehensive volume that summarizes the ecological and environmental dynamics and status of Long Island Sound and its myriad ecosystems. It has been 30 years since a comprehensive summary of Long Island Sound was prepared and 50 years since the pioneering work of Gordon Riley. Major advances in estuarine science are providing new insights into these systems, and yet, the condition of many estuaries is in decline in the face of continuing coastal development. There is an opportunity to lay a foundation for integrative coastal observing systems that truly provide the foundation for improved decision-making. This book will provide a key reference of our scientific understanding for work performed over the past three decades and guide future research and monitoring in a dynamic urbanized estuary.
Water-resources Investigations Report
Author: Aldo V. VecchiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abandoned mines
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Nutrient Sources and Loads in the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River Basins
Author: Elaine C. Todd TrenchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nutrient pollution of water
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
...Evaluates nitrogen and phosphorus loads in the streams of the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River Basins study unit of the US Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment Program...
Nutrient Sources and Loads in the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River Basins, Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4236, U.S. Geological Survey, 2000
Author: Clean Coastal Waters
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309069483
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Environmental problems in coastal ecosystems can sometimes be attributed to excess nutrients flowing from upstream watersheds into estuarine settings. This nutrient over-enrichment can result in toxic algal blooms, shellfish poisoning, coral reef destruction, and other harmful outcomes. All U.S. coasts show signs of nutrient over-enrichment, and scientists predict worsening problems in the years ahead. Clean Coastal Waters explains technical aspects of nutrient over-enrichment and proposes both immediate local action by coastal managers and a longer-term national strategy incorporating policy design, classification of affected sites, law and regulation, coordination, and communication. Highlighting the Gulf of Mexico's "Dead Zone," the Pfiesteria outbreak in a tributary of Chesapeake Bay, and other cases, the book explains how nutrients work in the environment, why nitrogen is important, how enrichment turns into over-enrichment, and why some environments are especially susceptible. Economic as well as ecological impacts are examined. In addressing abatement strategies, the committee discusses the importance of monitoring sites, developing useful models of over-enrichment, and setting water quality goals. The book also reviews voluntary programs, mandatory controls, tax incentives, and other policy options for reducing the flow of nutrients from agricultural operations and other sources.
Backpacker
Author: Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Backpacker brings the outdoors straight to the reader's doorstep, inspiring and enabling them to go more places and enjoy nature more often. The authority on active adventure, Backpacker is the world's first GPS-enabled magazine, and the only magazine whose editors personally test the hiking trails, camping gear, and survival tips they publish. Backpacker's Editors' Choice Awards, an industry honor recognizing design, feature and product innovation, has become the gold standard against which all other outdoor-industry awards are measured.