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Displaying records 11 through 20 of 1911 |
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Price: $29.95
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Sale: $16.99
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Manufacturer: TFH Publications
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Sabine Melke
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Publisher: TFH Publications
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Dewey Decimal Number: 639
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Publication Date: 1993-06
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Reading Level: 192
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Price: $95.95
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Sale: $52.50
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Manufacturer: Academic Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Robert G. Wetzel
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Publisher: Academic Press
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Edition: 3
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Dewey Decimal Number: 577.6
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Publication Date: 2001-02-15
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Reading Level: 850
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Description: Limnology is the study of the structural and functional interrelationships of organisms of inland waters as they are affected by their dynamic physical, chemical, and biotic environments. Limnology: Lake and River Ecosystems, 3rd Edition, is a new edition of this established classic text. The coverage remains rigorous and uncompromising and has been thoroughly reviewed and updated with evolving recent research results and theoretical understanding. In addition, the author has expanded coverage of lakes to reservoir and river ecosystems in comparative functional analyses.
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Price: $89.95
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Sale: $59.40
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Manufacturer: Springer
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: J. David Allan::María M. Castillo
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Publisher: Springer
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Edition: 2nd
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Dewey Decimal Number: 577.64
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Publication Date: 2007-09-14
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Reading Level: 436
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Description: Stream Ecology by Allan and Castillo is extensively revised and updated from the successful first edition to include major developments over the past decade. Although the subject matter is relatively advanced, this book has been written with the express goal of being accessible to students with only modest backgrounds in ecology and aquatic sciences. The First Edition was widely praised for its readability, and that emphasis is retained. The second edition opens with a new introductory chapter that sets the stage for what follows. The treatment of geomorphology and hydrology are greatly expanded from the first edition, and have been split into two, more substantial chapters. Basal energy resources, trophic roles and food web interactions are retained but thoroughly updated, particularly to include recent advances in microbial ecology and the synergies between producers and decomposers. The discussion of species interactions has been re-organized so that modern topics receive more emphasis, including trophic cascades, subsidies and food web structure. Chapters on organic matter dynamics and nutrient cycling have been substantially re-written to reflect the enormous growth in knowledge of stream metabolism and nutrient processes, the core of ecosystem functioning. The closing chapter on human impacts summarizes the status of river ecosystems and principal threats, and new material that describes advances in river management including the science of environmental flows, the successes and failures of river restoration, and the potential for ecosystem-based catchment management.
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Price: $42.95
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Sale: $22.68
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Manufacturer: Greystone Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Wayne Grady
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Publisher: Greystone Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 508.77
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Publication Date: 2007-10-28
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Reading Level: 320
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Description: Ever since French explorer Samuel de Champlain’s first taste of what he called “la mer douce” — the freshwater sea — the Great Lakes have been admired, exploited, and renewed. This vast region is a study in contrasts: a hub of industry that’s the resting spot for billions of migrating birds. 40 million residents, immense untamed forests. 95 percent of North America’s fresh water and a dumping ground for poisonous wastes. The Great Lakes is an authoritative, accessible look at an ecosystem in eternal flux. Written by one of North America’s most acclaimed science and nature writers, the book explores the area’s geological formation and its role in human history; its diverse plant, bird, and animal species; and its significant physical, climatic, and environmental features. This captivating tribute to the Great Lakes region is also an essential guide to the challenge of preserving the natural world.
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Price: $25.95
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Sale: $14.94
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Manufacturer: UPNE
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Michael J. Caduto
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Publisher: UPNE
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 574.52632
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Publication Date: 1990-03-15
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Reading Level: 288
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Description: A complete guide to the plants and animals of ponds, lakes, streams, rivers, and wetlands.
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Price: $24.95
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Sale: $13.72
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Manufacturer: Countryman
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Gordon Sullivan
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Publisher: Countryman
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Dewey Decimal Number: 333.91621609786
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Publication Date: 2008-04-21
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Reading Level: 256
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Description: A remarkable account of Montana's efforts to save its trout streams and rivers from pollution and neglect.The fabled nature of Montana's streams cannot be taken for granted. In the late 1800s many of Montana's rivers were filled with pollution and dying fish. Certain key conservation and restoration policies between 1900 and 1940 set the stage for the waters that now draw visitors and anglers from around the world. Yet, many of those same rivers and streams are once again facing devastating environmental threats.
Montana is a paradigm for conservation issues that are faced around the nation and around the world. Yet, no one has ever managed to tell the story of the policies and unique policy makers who made this all possible. And, no one has therefore been able to turn back to that history as a source of direction for dealing with the ongoing environmental challenges facing streams everywhere. 10 black & white photographs, 1 map.
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Price: $18.95
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Sale: $11.46
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Manufacturer: Countryman
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Katharine Delavan Dyson
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Publisher: Countryman
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Edition: 3
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Dewey Decimal Number: 917.4780444
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Publication Date: 2007-06-04
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Reading Level: 320
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Description: An all-new edition to the premiere guide to this cultural and natural gem of upstate New York.
With the savvy and thorough insight that is at the center of every Great Destinations guide, Dyson uncovers the where, how, and when to this most unique and compelling travel destination. From the smallest lakes east of Geneseo to the stunning villages of Cayuga, Watkins Glen, Ithaca, and Skaneateles to the numerous wineries and stunning gorges that add both sophistication and natural splendor, The Finger Lakes Book tells you how to get there, where to stay, where to eat, shop, and play. 6 maps, 100 black & white photographs, indexes.
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Price: $29.95
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Sale: $14.90
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Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Peter Thomson
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Edition: First
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Dewey Decimal Number: 508.47
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Publication Date: 2007-08-29
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Reading Level: 336
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Description: "Absoliutno blagopoluchnoe ozero Baikal!" the Russian scientist looking out over the great lake says. "Lake Baikal is Perfect!" And humans can never harm it.
For a man cut loose from his life in the U.S., Lake Baikal-Siberia's sacred inland sea-becomes a place of pilgrimage, the focal point of a 25,000-mile journey by land and sea in search of connection, permanence, restoration and hope.
Following a difficult divorce, veteran environmental journalist Peter Thomson sets off from Boston with his younger brother for one of nature's most remarkable creations, in one of the farthest corners of the planet. Lake Baikal, a gargantuan crack in the Siberian plateau, is the world's largest body of fresh water, its deepest and oldest lake, and a cauldron of evolution, home to hundreds of unique creatures, including the world's only freshwater seal. It's also among the most pristine lakes on earth, with a mythical ability to protect itself from the growing human impact-a "perfect," self-cleansing ecosystem.
A trip halfway around the world by train, cargo ship and rubber raft brings the brothers to a place of sublime beauty, deep history and immense natural power. But at Baikal they also find ominous signs that this perfect piece of nature could yet succumb to the even more powerful forces of human hubris, carelessness and ignorance. They find that despite its isolation, Baikal is connected to everything else on Earth, and that it will need the love and devotion of people around the world to protect it.
On their trek to and from Siberia the author and his brother also encounter a stream of people who are also lonely, displaced and yearning for something beyond the limits of their own lives, but many of whom are also big-hearted and deeply connected to their own communities and the world around them. What begins as a search for restoration in nature becomes as well a discovery of the restorative power of trust, faith and human connection.
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Price: $15.95
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Sale: $6.70
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Manufacturer: Bellevue Literary Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Bill Green
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Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 508.989
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Publication Date: 2008-04-01
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Reading Level: 300
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Description: "Nature writing of a very high order . . . a joyride for those who enjoy deep explorations of logic, human frailty and the laws of nature."-San Francisco Chronicle "[Bill Green's] prose rings with the elemental clarity of the ice he knows so well."-PEN committee citation A classic of contemporary nature writing, this award-winning account of Antarctica is now available for the first time in paperback. A new introduction by the author emphasizes the ecological importance of the continent within the global warming crisis. Bill Green is a professor of interdisciplinary studies at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He has been conducting research in Antarctica since 1968.
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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $14.95
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Manufacturer: Coachwhip Publications
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Gary S. Mangiacopra::Dwight G. Smith
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Publisher: Coachwhip Publications
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Dewey Decimal Number: 398
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Publication Date: 2007-09-01
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Reading Level: 256
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Description: Notes on the historic lake monster conference held in Shelburne, Vermont, 29 August 1981. Includes limnological notes on Lake Champlain, a chronology of lake monster sightings, and reprints of various older newspaper articles on Champ, the alleged lake monster.
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Displaying records 11 through 20 of 1911
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