Author: Yi-fu TuanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
The Climate of New Mexico
Author: Yi-fu TuanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 182
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Springs of Texas
Author: Gunnar M. BrunePublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585441969
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
This text explores the natural history of Texas and more than 2900 springs in 183 Texas counties. It also includes an in-depth discussion of the general characteristics of springs - their physical and prehistoric settings, their historical significance, and their associated flora and fauna.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Issuances
Author: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 950
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Senate Joint Resolutions
Author: Ohio. General Assembly. SenatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
The IUCN Mammal Red Data Book: Threatened mammalian taxa of the Americas and the Australasian zoogeographic region (excluding Cetacea)
Author: Jane ThornbackPublisher: IUCN
ISBN: 2880326001
Category : Endangered species
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Part one covers over 320 threatened mammalian taxa. Geographic regions include Canada, Alaska, Greenland.
The Leatherback Turtle
Author: James R. SpotilaPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 142141709X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
The most comprehensive book ever written on leatherback sea turtles. Weighing as much as 2,000 pounds and reaching lengths of over seven feet, leatherback turtles are the world’s largest reptile. These unusual sea turtles have a thick, pliable shell that helps them to withstand great depths—they can swim more than one thousand meters below the surface in search of food. And what food source sustains these goliaths? Their diet consists almost exclusively of jellyfish, a meal they crisscross the oceans to find. Leatherbacks have been declining in recent decades, and some predict they will be gone by the end of this century. Why? Because of two primary factors: human redevelopment of nesting beaches and commercial fishing. There are only twenty-nine index beaches in the world where these turtles nest, and there is immense pressure to develop most of them into homes or resorts. At the same time, longline and gill net fisheries continue to overwhelm waters frequented by leatherbacks. In The Leatherback Turtle, James R. Spotila and Pilar Santidrián Tomillo bring together the world’s leading experts to produce a volume that reveals the biology of the leatherback while putting a spotlight on the conservation problems and solutions related to the species. The book leaves us with options: embark on the conservation strategy laid out within its pages and save one of nature’s most splendid creations, or watch yet another magnificent species disappear.
Groundwater Recharge in a Desert Environment
Author: James F. HoganPublisher: American Geophysical Union
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Water Science and Application Series, Volume 9. Groundwater recharge, the flux of water across the water table, is arguably the most difficult component of the hydrologic cycle to measure. In arid and semiarid regions the problem is exacerbated by extremely small recharge fluxes that are highly variable in space and time. --from the Preface Groundwater Recharge in a Desert Environment: The Southwestern United States speaks to these issues by presenting new interpretations and research after more than two decades of discipline-wide study. Discussions ondeveloping environmental tracers to fingerprint sources and amounts of groundwater at the basin scalethe critical role of vegetation in hydroecological processesnew geophysical methods in quantifying channel rechargeapplying Geographical Information System (GIS) models to land surface processescoupling process-based vadose zone to groundwater modeling, and more make this book a significant resource for hydmlogists, biogeoscientists, and geochemists concerned with water and water-related issues in arid and semiarid regions.
Apache National Forest, Arizona, New Mexico
Author: United States. Forest ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Apache National Forest (Ariz. and N.M.)
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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Evaluation of Low-sulfur Western Coal Characteristics, Utilization, and Combustion Experience
Author: T. E. CtvrtnicekPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coal
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Pipeline Archaeology
Author: Fred WendorfPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arizona
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description