The world of the salt marsh : appreciating and protecting the tidal marshes of the southeastern Atlantic coast / Charles Seabrook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seabrook, Charles.

Series:

Wormsloe Foundation nature book.

A Wormsloe foundation nature book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Salt marshes--Atlantic Coast (U.S.).

Salt marshes.

Salt marshes--Southern States.

Salt marsh conservation--Atlantic Coast (U.S.).

Salt marsh conservation.

Salt marsh conservation--Southern States.

Salt marsh ecology--Atlantic Coast (U.S.).

Salt marsh ecology.

Salt marsh ecology--Southern States.

Salt marsh restoration--Atlantic Coast (U.S.).

Salt marsh restoration.

Salt marsh restoration--Southern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (380 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A wide-ranging exploration of the southeastern coast--its natural history, its people and their way of life, and the historic and ongoing threats to its ecological survival. Seabrook examines the ecological importance of the salt marsh, calling it "a biological factory without equal.".

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

ONE. The Poetry of the Marsh

TWO. A Walk across the Marsh

THREE. Tide Watching

FOUR. Too Big for Its Britches

FIVE. Farms in the River

SIX. Gone with the Flow

SEVEN. A Tale of Two Rivers

EIGHT. An Endangered Culture

NINE. The Institute

TEN. Protecting the Marsh?

ELEVEN. Saving the Oyster

TWELVE. Saving the Marsh

THIRTEEN. Rice Fields and Causeways

FOURTEEN. Bridging the Marsh

FIFTEEN. The Ultimate Price

SIXTEEN. Living on the Edge

SEVENTEEN. The Last Season

EIGHTEEN. The Beloved Land

Epilogue

Notes

Index

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I

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M

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O

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Y

Z.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613593122

9781280497896

1280497890

9780820343846

0820343846

OCLC:

793208397