The Fish in the Forest : Salmon and the Web of Life / Dale Stokes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stokes, Dale, Author.

Contributor:

White, Doc, 1946- illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pacific salmon--Ecology--North Pacific Ocean.

Pacific salmon.

Pacific salmon--Ecology--Northwest, Pacific.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Fish in the Forest is an elegantly written, beautifully illustrated exploration of the complex web of relationships between the salmon of the Pacific Northwest and the surrounding ecosystem. Dale Stokes shows how nearly all aspects of this fragile ecosystem-from streambeds to treetops, from sea urchins to orcas to bears, from rain forests to kelp forests-are intimately linked with the biology of the Pacific salmon. Illustrated with 70 stunning color photographs by Doc White, The Fish in the Forest demonstrates how the cycling of nutrients between the ocean and the land, mediated by the life and death of the salmon, is not only key to understanding the landscape of the north Pacific coast, but is also a powerful metaphor for all of life on earth.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

THE FOREST AND THE FISH

LIFE AND DEATH OF A SALMON

THE SALMON SIGNATURE

SALMON GESTALT

THE SALMON FOREST

FULL CIRCLE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780520958265

0520958268

OCLC:

874963066