Author: Elizabeth Burke WatsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Paleoecology
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Sediment Accretion and Tidal Marsh Formation at a Santa Clara Valley Tidal Marsh
Author: Elizabeth Burke WatsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Paleoecology
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
San Francisco Estuary, Invasive Spartina Project, Spartina Control Program
Author: South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Project, Santa Clara County, California
Author: United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coastal zone management
Languages : en
Pages : 1648
Book Description
Slough Channel Network and Marsh Plain Morphodynamics in a Rapidly Accreting Tidal Marsh Restoration on Diked, Subsided Bayland San Francisco Estuary, California
Author: Stuart William SiegelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
San Francisco Estuary Invasive Spartina Project
Author: The Coastal Zone
Author: Donald Wayne DavisPublisher: Geoscience Publications, Louisiana State University
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This volume on coastal systems and coastal research is in honor of H. Jesse Walker, who has takes his place with the original founders of the present-day Louisiana State University Department of Geography and Anthropology -- Drs. Fred B. Kniffen, Richard J. Russell, Robert C. West, and William G. Haag.Through its coverage of coastal research from theory to applied, from modeling in the lab to measuring in the field, from the varied lessons of managing the human impact on the coast, and from distant Hawaii, to California, to New Jersey, and to the adjacent Gulf of Mexico, the volume replicates in its incomplete fashion the wide-ranging interest and persistent adventure of its honoree.
Guide to Geography Programs in North America
Author: Coastal Risk: Shores and Deltas in Peril
Author: Clara ArmaroliPublisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2889633985
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
The interaction between land and sea is controlled by a number of processes that are in general driven by the equilibrium between environmental forcing components (e.g. hydrodynamic - waves, currents, surges), atmospheric (e.g. winds) and terrestrial (e.g. catchment land cover) and sediment dynamics. In the context of the Anthropocene epoch, the equilibrium in many coastal regions is now often altered by the influence of human activities. Successive human activities globally influence (indirectly) these forcing components, helping magnify the negative impact of extreme meteorological events and sea level rise. Directly, human activity can also influence a number of processes at a local scale within and between the catchment, the sea and the coast. For example, misplaced engineered infrastructure inside these naturally dynamic environments can accentuate disequilibrium, destabilizing shores and deltas. Development in catchments can promote rapid runoff, inducing sometimes-dramatic effects on downstream urbanized areas, the socio-economy as well as on coastal resources and ecosystems. This Research Topic aims to assemble research and review papers that focus on the dynamics of shores and deltas in peril under present conditions as well as in the future context of sea-level rise, climate change and adaptation strategies under various scenarios.
Encyclopedia of Coastal Science
Author: M. SchwartzPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402038801
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1243
Book Description
This new Encyclopedia of Coastal Science stands as the latest authoritative source in the field of coastal studies, making it the standard reference work for specialists and the interested lay person. Unique in its interdisciplinary approach. This Encyclopedia features contributions by 245 well-known international specialists in their respective fields and is abundantly illustrated with line-drawings and photographs. Not only does this volume offer an extensive number of entries, it also includes various appendices, an illustrated glossary of coastal morphology and extensive bibliographic listings.
Suisun Marsh
Author: Peter B. MoylePublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520276086
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
One of California's most remarkable wetlands, Suisun Marsh is the largest tidal marsh on the West Coast and a major feature of the San Francisco Estuary. This productive and unique habitat supports endemic species, is a nursery for native fishes, and is a vital link for migratory waterfowl. The 6,000-year-old marsh has been affected by human activity, and humans will continue to have significant impacts on the marsh as the sea level rises and cultural values shift in the century ahead. This study includes in-depth information about the ecological and human history of Suisun Marsh, its abiotic and biotic characteristics, agents of ecological change, and alternative futures facing this ecosystem.