Author: Publisher:
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Category : Lake ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Proceedings of the Playa Basin Symposium
Author: Playa Lakes Symposium Proceedings
Author: Hydrologic and Ecologic Influence of Playa Basins in the Southern High Plains, Texas and New Mexico
Author: Laura M. BexfieldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ecological surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 6
Book Description
Playas of the Great Plains
Author: Loren M. SmithPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292743688
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Winner, Wildlife Publications Award — Outstanding Book Category, The Wildlife Society, 2004 Texas Tech University President's Book Award, 2005 Shallow wetlands that occur primarily in semi-arid to arid environments, playas are keystone ecosystems in the western Great Plains of North America. Providing irreplaceable habitat for native plants and animals, including migratory birds, they are essential for the maintenance of biotic diversity throughout the region. Playas also serve to recharge the aquifer that supplies much of the water for the Plains states. At the same time, however, large-scale habitat changes have endangered playas across the Great Plains, making urgent the need to understand their ecology and implement effective conservation measures. This book provides a state-of-the-art survey of all that is currently known about Great Plains playa ecology and conservation. Loren Smith synthesizes his own extensive research with other published studies to define playas and characterize their origin, development, flora, fauna, structure, function, and diversity. He also thoroughly explores the human relationship with playas from prehistoric times, when they served as campsites for the Clovis peoples, to today's threats to playa ecosystems from agricultural activities and global climate change. A blueprint for government agencies, private conservation groups, and concerned citizens to save these unique prairie ecosystems concludes this landmark study.
New Publications of the Geological Survey
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 746
Book Description
Playa Lakes Symposium Proceedings
Author: Paleoclimate and Basin Evolution of Playa Systems
Author: Michael R. RosenPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813722896
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Water-resources Investigations Report
Author: Origin and Development of Playa Basins, Sources of Recharge to the Ogallala Aquifer, Southern High Plains, Texas and New Mexico
Author: Thomas C. GustavsonPublisher:
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Category : Aquifers
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Playas and Recharge of the Ogallala Aquifer on the Southern High Plains of Texas
Author: W. F. MullicanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Groundwater recharge
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description