Summary of Available Information on Chesapeake Bay Submerged Vegetation
Author : J. Court Stevenson
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Page : 364 pages
File Size : 49,66 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Aquatic plants
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Author : J. Court Stevenson
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Page : 364 pages
File Size : 49,66 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Aquatic plants
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Author : J. Court Stevenson
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,97 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Marine flora
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Page : 678 pages
File Size : 50,57 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Water-supply
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Page : 668 pages
File Size : 28,36 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
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Page : 742 pages
File Size : 28,75 MB
Release : 1984
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Author : Tricia Rosenthal
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Page : 128 pages
File Size : 10,95 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Biology
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Governmental Efficiency and the District of Columbia
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Page : 336 pages
File Size : 39,63 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Chesapeake Bay
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Page : 164 pages
File Size : 35,87 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Geology
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Author : Philip D. Curtin
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 38,96 MB
Release : 2003-05-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 080187517X
With its rich evolutionary record of natural systems and long history of human activity, the Chesapeake Bay provides an excellent example of how a great estuary has responded to the powerful forces of human settlement and environmental change. Discovering the Chesapeake explores all of the long-term changes the Chesapeake has undergone and uncovers the inextricable connections among land, water, and humans in this unusually delicate ecosystem. Edited by a historian, a paleobiologist, and a geologist at the Johns Hopkins University and written for general readers, the book brings together experts in various disciplines to consider the truly complex and interesting environmental history of the Chesapeake and its watershed. Chapters explore a variety of topics, including the natural systems of the watershed and their origins; the effects of human interventions ranging from Indian slash-and-burn practices to changing farming techniques; the introduction of pathogens, both human and botanical; the consequences of the oyster's depletion; the response of bird and animal life to environmental factors introduced by humans; and the influence of the land and water on the people who settled along the Bay. Discovering the Chesapeake, originating in two conferences sponsored by the National Science Foundation, achieves a broad historical and scientific appreciation of the various processes that shaped the Chesapeake region. "Today's Chesapeake Bay is only some ten thousand years old. What a different world it was . . . when the region was the home of the ground sloth, giant beaver, dire wolf, mastodon, and other megafauna. In the next few thousand years, the ice may form again and the Bay will once more be the valley of the Susquehanna, unless, of course, human-induced changes in climate create some other currently unpredictable condition."—from the Introduction
Author : Linda M. Hurley
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Page : 62 pages
File Size : 35,67 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Aquatic plants
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Field guide covering 14 species of "underwater vascular plants known as submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) or, as they are referred to locally, "bay grasses"." It also describes 2 species of floating aquatic plants and 2 species of algae that may be misidentified as SAV species. The guide "is intended as a tool for natural resource managers and biologists involved with SAV protection and research," and for students, amateur naturalists, and those interested in Chesapeake Bay ecology.