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1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 471 pages)
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ISBN:
9780511550539
Content:
The Hudson River Estuary is a comprehensive look at the physical, chemical, biological and environmental management issues that are important to our understanding of the Hudson River. Chapters cover the entire range of fields necessary to understanding the workings of the Hudson River estuary; the physics, bedrock geological setting and sedimentological processes of the estuary; ecosystem-level processes and biological interactions; and environmental issues such as fisheries, toxic substances, and the effect of nutrient input from densely populated areas. This 2006 book places special emphasis on important issues specific to the Hudson, such as the effect of power plants and high concentrations of PCBs. The chapters are written by specialists at a level that is accessible to students, teachers and the interested layperson. The Hudson River Estuary is a fascinating scientific biography of a major estuary, with relevance to the study of any similar natural system in the world
Content:
The Hudson River Valley : geological history, landforms, and resources / Les Sirkin and Henry Bokuniewicz -- The physical oceanography processes in the Hudson River Estuary / W. Rockwell Geyer and Robert Chant -- Sedimentary processes in the Hudson River Estuary / Henry Bokuniewicz -- Benthic habitat mapping in the Hudson River Estuary / Robin E. Bell [and others] -- Reconstructing sediment chronologies in the Hudson River Estuary / J. Kirk Cochran, David J. Hirschberg and Huan Feng -- Major ion geochemistry and drinking water supply issues in the Hudson River Basin / H. James Simpson [and others] -- Bacterial abundance, growth, and metabolism in the tidal freshwater Hudson River / Stuart E.G. Findlay -- Primary production and its regulation in the tidal-freshwater Hudson River / Jonathan J. Cole and Nina F. Caraco -- Wastewater and watershed influences on primary productivity and oxygen dynamics in the lower Hudson River Estuary / Robert W. Howarth [and others] -- Modeling primary production in the lower Hudson River Estuary / Robin Landeck Miller and John P. St. John -- Larval migrations between the Hudson River Estuary and New York Bight / Steven G. Morgan -- The diadromous fish fauna of the Hudson River : life histories, conservation concerns, and research avenues / John R. Waldman -- Fisheries of the Hudson River Estuary / Karin E. Limburg [and others] -- The role of tributaries in the biology of Hudson River fishes / Robert E. Schmidt and Thomas R. Lake -- Ecology of the Hudson River zooplankton community / Michael L. Pace and Darcy J. Lonsdale -- Submersed macrophyte distribution and function in the tidal freshwater Hudson River / Stuart E.G. Findlay, Cathleen Wigand and W. Charles Nieder -- Long-term and large-scale patterns in the benthic communities of New York Harbor / Robert M. Cerrato -- The benthic animal communities of the tidal-freshwater Hudson River Estuary / David L. Strayer -- Tidal wetlands of the Hudson River Estuary / Erik Kiviat, Stuart E.G. Findlay and W. Charles Nieder -- Alien species in the Hudson River / David L. Strayer -- The history and science of managing the Hudson River / Dennis J. Suszkowski and Christopher F. D'Elia -- Hudson River sewage inputs and impacts : past and present / Thomas M. Brosnan, Andrew Stoddard and Leo J. Hetling -- PCBs in the upper and tidal freshwater Hudson River Estuary : the science behind the dredging controversy / Joel E. Baker [and others] -- Transport, fate, and bioaccumulation of PCBs in the lower Hudson River / Kevin J. Farley [and others] -- Contaminant chronologies from Hudson River sedimentary records / Richard F. Bopp [and others] -- Atmospheric deposition of PCBs and PAHs to the New York/New Jersey harbor estuary / Lisa A. Totten [and others] -- Toxic substances and their impact on human health in the Hudson River Watershed / Philip J. Landrigan, Anne L. Golden and H. James Simpson -- Impacts of piers on juvenile fishes in the lower Hudson River / Kenneth W. Able and Janet T. Duffy-Anderson -- Physiological and genetic aspects of toxicity in Hudson River species / Isaac Wirgin, Judith S. Weis and Anne E. McElroy
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521844789
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521207980
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780521844789
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511550539
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