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Beneath the Surface
Kenneth W. Able
其他書名
Understanding Nature in the Mullica Valley Estuary
出版
Rutgers University Press
, 2020-08-14
主題
History / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
Nature / General
Nature / Ecosystems & Habitats / Rivers
Science / General
Science / Life Sciences / Biology
Science / Life Sciences / Ecology
Science / Environmental Science
ISBN
0813590191
9780813590196
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=BT-DEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
2021 winner of Non-fiction popular category: New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance
The Mullica Valley estuary and its watershed, formed over the last 10,000 years, are among the cleanest estuaries along the east coast of the United States. This 365,000-acre ecosystem benefits from a combination of protected watershed, low human population density, and general lack of extensive development. In
Beneath the Surface
, marine scientist Ken Able helps the reader penetrate the surface and gain insights into the kinds of habitats, animals, and plants that live there. Readers will gain a better understanding of the importance of these shallow waters; how the amount of salt in the water determines where animals and plants are found in estuaries; the day-night, seasonal, and annual variation in their occurrence; and how change is occurring as the result of climate variation. Throughout the book are insightful sidebars telling intimate stories of where various animals came from and where they are going as they travel through the estuary on their way to and from other portions of the east coast.
Beneath the Surface
emphasizes the kinds and importance of the animals and plants that live beneath the surface of this unique ecosystem.