Beneath the surface : understanding nature in the Mullica Valley Estuary / Kenneth W Able.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Able, Kenneth W., 1945- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Valley ecology--New Jersey--Mullica River Watershed.

Valley ecology.

Natural history--New Jersey--Mullica River Watershed.

Natural history.

Estuarine ecology--New Jersey--Mullica River Watershed.

Estuarine ecology.

Mullica River Watershed (N.J.)--Environmental conditions.

Mullica River Watershed (N.J.).

Mullica River Estuary (N.J.)--Environmental conditions.

Mullica River Estuary (N.J.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2020]

Summary:

The Mullica Valley estuary and its watershed, formed over the last 10,000 years, are among the cleanest estuaries along the east coast of the United States. This 365,000-acre ecosystem benefits from a combination of protected watershed, low human population density, and general lack of extensive development. In Beneath the Surface, marine scientist Ken Able helps the reader penetrate the surface and gain insights into the kinds of habitats, animals, and plants that live there. Readers will gain a better understanding of the importance of these shallow waters; how the amount of salt in the water determines where animals and plants are found in estuaries; the day-night, seasonal, and annual variation in their occurrence; and how change is occurring as the result of climate variation. Throughout the book are insightful sidebars telling intimate stories of where various animals came from and where they are going as they travel through the estuary on their way to and from other portions of the east coast. Beneath the Surface emphasizes the kinds and importance of the animals and plants that live beneath the surface of this unique ecosystem.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Introduction

CHAPTER 1. Penetrating the Surface

CHAPTER 2. Mapping the Mullica Valley: Natural History Landscapes

CHAPTER 3. Impacts and Invasions

CHAPTER 4. Too Much Salt or Not Enough?

CHAPTER 5. Seasons and Other Cycles

CHAPTER 6. Sources: Both Near and Far

CHAPTER 7. Marshes: Food Factories for the Mullica Valley

CHAPTER 8. Hidden Habitats

CHAPTER 9. Life and Mostly Death

CHAPTER 10. Insights from Fisheries

CHAPTER 11. Insights from Other Estuaries

CHAPTER 12. Climate Change Underwater

CHAPTER 13. Sea Level Rise

CHAPTER 14. Underwater Calendar

CHAPTER 15. Fishe Stories

Appendix

Acknowledgments

References

Index

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813590233

081359023X

OCLC:

1159900486