Making and unmaking of San Diego Bay / Matthew R. Kaser and Gary C. Howard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaser, Matthew R., author.

Howard, Gary C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural history--California--San Diego Bay.

Natural history.

Pacific Ocean--San Diego Bay.

California.

Physical Description:

x, 192 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2022.

Summary:

"San Diego Bay is a shallow estuary surrounded by a large population center. Changes in the climate resulting from the last ice age yielded lower and then higher sea levels. Human activity influenced the Bay. Humans have also built several major cities and filled significant parts of the Bay. This book describes the natural history and evolution of the San Diego Bay Area over the last 50 million years through the present and into the future"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Building Southern California

Plate Movement

Subduction

Peninsular Batholith

Major faults

San Andreas Fault

San Jacinto Fault

Elsinore Fault

Rose Canyon Fault

Point Loma Fault

Others

Visible Reminders of the Forces that Built the Bay

Mount Soledad

La Jolla Cave and the Coast Walk Bridge

Temecula Gorge

Calavera Hills

Black's Canyon

Point Loma

Los Penasquitos Canyon

San Diego Formation

Julian Schist

Conclusion

Ocean Water

Pacific Ocean

Sea Level Rise

Fresh Water

Precipitation

Rivers

Aquifer

Too Little Water

Effects of Water on Land

Introduction

Aeolian

Biological

Fluvial

Glacial

Hillslope

Igneous

Tectonic

Marine

Overview

Evolution of the San Diego Region

Mesozoic Era

Cenozoic Era

Eocene Epoch: 56 to 33.9 Million Years Ago

Miocene Epoch: 23 to 5.3 Million Years Ago

Pliocene Epoch: 5.3 to 2.6 Million Years Ago

Great American Biotic Interchange

Pleistocene and Holocene Epochs: 2.6 Million Years Ago to the Present

The Great Megafauna Extinction

Flora

Native Americans

Earliest Humans and Their Lives

Effects on the Land

Extinction of Large Mammals

The Spanish

The Mexicans

The Americans

Waste Management

Mining

Population Increases

People

Land

Earthquakes and other Movements Caused by Plate Movements

Other Land Movement

Coastal Erosion

Waste Disposal

Water

Freshwater

Ground Water

Bay Water

Sediments

Water Characteristics

Pollution

Sewage

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Polychlorinated Biphenyls

Metals

Plastics

Microplastics

Toxicity in Specific Areas

Los Pefiasquitos Watershed

San Luis Rey Watershed

Sweetwater Watershed

Pueblo Watershed

Tijuana Watershed

Filling and Dredging

Tsunamis

Between Land and Water

Tidal and Mudflats

Salt Ponds

Air and Climate

Climate

Atmospheric Rivers

Bay Air

Wildfires

Conclusions

Animals

Vertebrates

Mammals

Predators

Prey

Whales

Marsupials

Reptiles And Their Allies

Birds

Land Birds

Seabirds and Shorebirds

Snakes and Lizards

Snakes

Lizards

Turtles, Terrapins, and Tortoises

Turtles

Amphibians

Fish

Invertebrates

Terrestrial Invertebrates

Insects

Arachnids

Spiders

Scorpions

Worms

Isopods (Woodlice)

Myriapods (Millipedes and Centipedes)

Gastropods (Snails And Slugs)

Marine Invertebrates

Porifera

Sponges

Cnidarians

Jellies

Sea Anemones

Annelids

Flatworms

Round Worms and Worms

Mollusks

Chitons

Clams

Mussels

Oysters

Abalone

Nudibranchs

Cephalopods (Octopi and Squid)

Crustaceans

Crabs and Lobsters

Shrimp

Echinoderms

Sea Stars

Plants

Plants Associated with Water

Native Land Plants

Trees

Shrubs

Flowering Plants

Grasses and Sedges

Desert Plants

Ferns

Non-vascular Plants

Invasive Species

Fungi

The Bay is Not What it Once Was

Restoration

Complexity of Restoration

Wetlands

Dredging

Wildlife

Specific Restoration Projects

South San Diego Bay Coastal Wetland Restoration and Enhancement Project

Sweetwater Marsh Restoration

Otay River Restoration

Major Challenges

Improving the Air Quality

Areas with Specific Challenges

Tijuana River

Mission Bay

Hopeful Signs

Species Diversity and Stability

Restoration Returns

Restoring the Bay

People and More People

Future Loss of Species

Erosion

Landslides and Subsidence

Landslides

Subsidence

Climate Crisis

Too Much Water

Global Warming

A New Ice Age?

Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes

Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Howard, Gary C. Making and unmaking of San Diego Bay.

ISBN:

9781138596764

1138596760

9781032102443

1032102446

OCLC:

1250437374

Publisher Number:

99989195928