Author: J. M. MelackPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Acid deposition
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Long-term Studies of Lakes and Watersheds in the Sierra Nevada, Patterns and Processes of Surface-water Acidification
Author: J. M. MelackPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Acid deposition
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Lakes and Watersheds in the Sierra Nevada of California
Author: John M. MelackPublisher: University of California Press
ISBN: 0520278798
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
The Sierra Nevada, California’s iconic mountain range, harbors thousands of remote high-elevations lakes from which water flows to sustain agriculture and cities. As climate and air quality in the region change, so do the watershed processes upon which these lakes depend. In order to understand the future of California’s ecology and natural resources, we need an integrated account of the environmental processes that underlie these aquatic systems. Synthesizing over three decades of research on the lakes and watersheds of the Sierra Nevada, this book develops an integrated account of the hydrological and biogeochemical systems that sustain them. With a focus on Emerald Lake in Sequoia National Park, the book marshals long-term limnological and ecological data to provide a detailed and synthetic account, while also highlighting the vulnerability of Sierra lakes to changes in climate and atmospheric deposition. In so doing, it lays the scientific foundations for predicting and understanding how the lakes and watersheds will respond.
Long-term Studies of Lakes and Watersheds in the Sierra Nevada, Patterns and Processes of Surface-water Acidification
Author: J. M. MelackPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Acid deposition
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment
Author: Acid Precipitation
Author: Desolation Wilderness Management Guidelines
Author: Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project Final Report to Congress: Assessments and scientific basis for management options
Author: Eldorado National Forest (N.F.), Desolation Wilderness Management Guidelines Revisions for the Eldorado National Forest (N.F.) and the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU), Eldorado County
Author: A Natural History of Amphibians
Author: Robert C. StebbinsPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691234612
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
This is a book for all readers who want to learn about amphibians, the animal group that includes frogs, toads, salamanders, and caecilians. It draws on many years of classroom teaching, laboratory experience, and field observation by the authors. Robert Stebbins and Nathan Cohen lead readers on a fascinating odyssey as they explore some of nature's most interesting creatures, interspersing their own observations throughout the book. A Natural History of Amphibians can serve as a textbook for students and independent learners, as an overview of the field for professional scientists and land managers, and as an engaging introduction for general readers. The class Amphibia contains more than 4,500 known living species. New species are being discovered so rapidly that the number may grow to more than 5,000 during our lifetimes. However, their numbers are being rapidly decimated around the globe, largely due to the encroachment of humans on amphibian habitats and from growing human-caused environmental pollution, discussed at length in the final chapter. The authors focus our attention on the "natural history" of amphibians worldwide and emphasize their interactions with their environments over time: where they live; how they reproduce; how they have been affected by evolutionary processes; what factors will determine their destinies over time. Through the experienced eyes of the authors, who are skilled observers, we come to see and understand the place of amphibians in the natural world around us.
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.