Natural history of San Francisco Bay / Ariel Rubissow Okamoto, Kathleen M. Wong.
"This complete primer on San Francisco Bay is a multifaceted exploration of an extraordinary, and remarkably resilient, body of water. Bustling with oil tankers, laced with pollutants, and crowded with forty-six cities, the bay is still home to healthy eelgrass beds, young Dungeness crabs and s...
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Series: | California natural history guides ;
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Table of Contents:
- Taking the Plunge
- Beneath the Surface: What Is an Estuary?
- Visible and Invisible Life: Fish, Birds, and Other Wildlife
- History of Human Changes: 1800s-1960s
- The Environmental Backlash: 1960s-Present
- Restoration Frontiers: The Watershed
- Restoration Frontiers: The Bay
- Climate Change and the Bay's Future.