Shifting baselines in the Chesapeake Bay an environmental history
The concept of "shifting baselines"--Changes in historical reference points used in environmental assessments--illuminates a foundational challenge when evaluating the health of ecosystems and seeking to restore degraded wildlife populations. In this important book, Victor S. Kennedy exami...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press
2018.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b40595833*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Shifting baselines in Chesapeake Bay, the immense protein factory
- Why was Chesapeake Bay so productive and how has that productivity changed?
- The spring fishery for shad and river herring was a hectic scramble
- The world's greatest oyster fishery expanded, then crashed
- Diamond-backed terrapins were once pig food, then a gourmet delight, and now a protected species
- Uncontrolled market hunting of waterfowl led to mass slaughter
- Sturgeon, a prehistoric high jumper, fell from memory
- Blue crabs hung on tenaciously
- Have diminished animal abundances remodeled the bay's food webs?
