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The Hudson River Estuary

The Hudson River Estuary is a comprehensive look at the physical, chemical, biological and environmental management issues that are important to our understanding of the Hudson River. Chapters cover the entire range of fields necessary to understanding the workings of the Hudson River estuary; the physics, bedrock geological setting and sedimentological processes of the estuary; ecosystem-level processes and biological interactions; and environmental issues such as fisheries, toxic substances, and the effect of nutrient input from densely populated areas. This book places special emphasis on important issues specific to the Hudson, such as the effect of power plants and high concentrations of PCBs. The chapters are written by specialists at a level that is accessible to students, teachers and the interested layperson. The Hudson River Estuary is a unique scientific biography of a major estuary, with relevance to the study of any similar natural system in the world
Print Book, English, 2006
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2006
xiv, 471 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cm
9780521844789, 0521844789
60245415
The Hudson River Valley : geological history, landforms, and resources / Les Sirkin and Henry Bokuniewicz
The physical oceanography processes in the Hudson River Estuary / W. Rockwell Geyer and Robert Chant
Sedimentary processes in the Hudson River Estuary / Henry Bokuniewicz
Benthic habitat mapping in the Hudson River Estuary / Robin E. Bell [and others]
Reconstructing sediment chronologies in the Hudson River Estuary / J. Kirk Cochran, David J. Hirschberg and Huan Feng
Major ion geochemistry and drinking water supply issues in the Hudson River Basin / H. James Simpson [and others]
Bacterial abundance, growth, and metabolism in the tidal freshwater Hudson River / Stuart E.G. Findlay
Primary production and its regulation in the tidal-freshwater Hudson River / Jonathan J. Cole and Nina F. Caraco
Wastewater and watershed influences on primary productivity and oxygen dynamics in the lower Hudson River Estuary / Robert W. Howarth [and others]
Modeling primary production in the lower Hudson River Estuary / Robin Landeck Miller and John P. St. John
Larval migrations between the Hudson River Estuary and New York Bight / Steven G. Morgan
The diadromous fish fauna of the Hudson River : life histories, conservation concerns, and research avenues / John R. Waldman
Fisheries of the Hudson River Estuary / Karin E. Limburg [and others]
The role of tributaries in the biology of Hudson River fishes / Robert E. Schmidt and Thomas R. Lake
Ecology of the Hudson River zooplankton community / Michael L. Pace and Darcy J. Lonsdale
Submersed macrophyte distribution and function in the tidal freshwater Hudson River / Stuart E.G. Findlay, Cathleen Wigand and W. Charles Nieder
Long-term and large-scale patterns in the benthic communities of New York Harbor / Robert M. Cerrato
The benthic animal communities of the tidal-freshwater Hudson River Estuary / David L. Strayer
Tidal wetlands of the Hudson River Estuary / Erik Kiviat, Stuart E.G. Findlay and W. Charles Nieder
Alien species in the Hudson River / David L. Strayer
The history and science of managing the Hudson River / Dennis J. Suszkowski and Christopher F. D'Elia
Hudson River sewage inputs and impacts : past and present / Thomas M. Brosnan, Andrew Stoddard and Leo J. Hetling
PCBs in the upper and tidal freshwater Hudson River Estuary : the science behind the dredging controversy / Joel E. Baker [and others]
Transport, fate, and bioaccumulation of PCBs in the lower Hudson River / Kevin J. Farley [and others]
Contaminant chronologies from Hudson River sedimentary records / Richard F. Bopp [and others]
Atmospheric deposition of PCBs and PAHs to the New York/New Jersey harbor estuary / Lisa A. Totten [and others]
Toxic substances and their impact on human health in the Hudson River Watershed / Philip J. Landrigan, Anne L. Golden and H. James Simpson
Impacts of piers on juvenile fishes in the lower Hudson River / Kenneth W. Able and Janet T. Duffy-Anderson
Physiological and genetic aspects of toxicity in Hudson River species / Isaac Wirgin, Judith S. Weis and Anne E. McElroy