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Heartbeats in the muck : the history, sea life, and environment of New York Harbor / John Waldman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Waldman, John.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Estuarine biology--New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.).
- Estuarine biology.
- Estuarine ecology--New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.).
- Estuarine ecology.
- New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (160 p.)
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Empire States Editions, 2013, c1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This title traces the incredible arc of New York Harbor's environmental history. Once a pristine estuary bristling with oysters and striped bass and visited by sharks, porpoises, and seals, the harbor has been marked by centuries of rampant industrialisation and degradation of its natural environment.
- Contents:
- The essential harbor
- Vita marinae
- The medium : sewers, sludge, and other forms of water torture
- The vessel : bank and bottom, bulldozers and blasts
- How is the harbor doing?
- Epilogue : 2000-2012.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780823249862
- 0823249867
- 9780823252589
- 0823252582
- 9780823250547
- 0823250547
- 9780823249879
- 0823249875
- OCLC:
- 843208973
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