| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 558 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
Springer Series on Environmental Management, 0172-6161 |
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Springer series on environmental management, 0172-6161
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| Contents |
Long Island Sound: A Socioeconomic Perspective / Marilyn E. Weigold and Elizabeth Pillsbury -- The Geology of Long Island Sound / Ralph Lewis -- The Physical Oceanography of Long Island Sound / James O'Donnell, Robert E. Wilson, Kamazima Lwiza, Michael Whitney, W. Frank Bohlen [and 5 others] -- Geochemistry of the Long Island Sound Estuary / Carmela Cuomo, J. Kirk Cochran and Karl K. Turekian -- Metals, Organic Compounds, and Nutrients in Long Island Sound: Sources, Magnitudes, Trends, and Impacts / Johan C. Varekamp, Anne E. McElroy, John R. Mullaney and Vincent T. Breslin -- Biology and Ecology of Long Island Sound / Glenn Lopez, Drew Carey, James T. Carlton, Robert Cerrato, Hans Dam, Rob DiGiovanni [and 27 others] -- Synthesis for Management / Mark A. Tedesco, R. Lawrence Swanson, Paul E. Stacey, James S. Latimer, Charles Yarish and Corey Garza |
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Chapter 1: LONG ISLAND SOUND: A SOCIOECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE -- Chapter 2: THE GEOLOGY OF LONG ISLAND SOUND -- Chapter 3: THE PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY OF LONG ISLAND SOUND -- Chapter 4: GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE LONG ISLAND SOUND ESTUARY -- Chapter 5: METALS, ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, AND NUTRIENTS IN LONG ISLAND SOUND: SOURCES, MAGNITUDES, TRENDS AND IMPACTS -- Chapter 6: BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF LONG ISLAND SOUND -- Chapter 7: SYNTHESIS FOR MANAGEMENT -- Glossary |
| Summary |
Long Island Sound: Prospects for the Urban Sea is the first synthesis of the science of Long Island Sound in more than thirty-five years. Described by Daniel Webster as the American Mediterranean, four centuries of human habitation, use, and abuse have created a trajectory of change being duplicated in estuaries throughout the country. Now subject to coordinated restoration efforts, the fate of Long Island Sound is a harbinger of the fate of coastal waters and economies everywhere. Six technical chapters summarize our knowledge about the human history, geology, physical oceanography, geochemistry, pollutant history, and biology and ecology of Long Island Sound. The last chapter identifies the linkages between science and environmental management, drawing extensively from hard-learned lessons on identifying threats and implementing strategies to confront them. This synthesis will be of interest to anyone engaged in the conservation and restoration of coastal ecosystems: scientists, students, managers, planners, and environmentalists |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 25, 2013) |
| Subject |
Coastal zone management -- Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.)
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Coastal ecology -- Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.)
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NATURE -- Ecology.
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NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
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Sciences de la terre.
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Environnement.
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Ecology
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Coastal ecology
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Coastal zone management
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| SUBJECT |
Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.) -- Environmental conditions
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| Subject |
Atlantic Ocean -- Long Island Sound
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Latimer, James S., editor
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Tedesco, Mark A., editor.
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Swanson, R. Lawrence (Robert Lawrence), 1938- editor.
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Yarish, Charles, editor.
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Stacey, Paul E., editor
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Garza, Corey, editor
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| ISBN |
9781461461265 |
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146146126X |
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1461461251 |
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9781461461258 |
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