Long Island Sound : prospects for the urban sea [electronic resource] / James S. Latimer, Mark A. Tedesco, R. Lawrence Swanson, Charles Yarish, Paul E. Stacey, Corey Garza, editors.

Long Island Sound : prospects for the urban sea [electronic resource] / James S. Latimer, Mark A. Tedesco, R. Lawrence Swanson, Charles Yarish, Paul E. Stacey, Corey Garza, editors.

9781461461265 electronic book
146146126X electronic book
9781461461258

New York, NY : Springer, 2014.

English

1 online resource (xxv, 558 pages) : illustrations (some color).

10.1007/978-1-4614-6126-5 doi

HT392.5.L66

333.91/70916346

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Springer series on environmental management, 0172-6161

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