Long Island Sound Prospects for the Urban Sea /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Latimer, James S. (Editor), Tedesco, Mark A. (Editor), Swanson, R. Lawrence (Editor), Yarish, Charles (Editor), Stacey, Paul E. (Editor), Garza, Corey (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Series on Environmental Management,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Hydrology.; Ecosystems.; Aquatic ecology.; Conservation biology.; Ecology.; Environmental management.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Life Sciences.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Hydrology/Water Resources.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Environmental Management.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.

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...

Table of Contents:

• Dedication
• Preface/Introduction
• Acknowledgements
• Contributors
• Acronyms and Common Units
• Chapter 1: LONG ISLAND SOUND: A SOCIOECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE
• Chapter 2: THE GEOLOGY OF LONG ISLAND SOUND
• Chapter 3: THE PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY OF LONG ISLAND SOUND
• Chapter 4: GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE LONG ISLAND SOUND ESTUARY
• Chapter 5: METALS, ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, AND NUTRIENTS IN LONG ISLAND SOUND: SOURCES, MAGNITUDES, TRENDS AND IMPACTS
• Chapter 6: BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF LONG ISLAND SOUND
• Chapter 7: SYNTHESIS FOR MANAGEMENT
• Glossary.-.