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Shifting baselines in Chesapeake Bay / Victor S. Kennedy

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018Description: 1 Online-RessourceISBN:
  • 1421426552
  • 9781421426556
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 1421426544 | 9781421426549 | 1421426552. | 9781421426556. | Erscheint auch als: No title Druck-Ausgabe | Print version: Shifting baselines in Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018DDC classification:
  • 577.5/1
LOC classification:
  • QH541.5.C65
Online resources: Summary: Shifting baselines in Chesapeake Bay, the immense protein factory -- Why was Chesapeake Bay so productive and how has that productivity changed? -- The spring fishery for shad and river herring was a hectic scramble -- The world's greatest oyster fishery expanded, then crashed -- Diamond-backed terrapins were once pig food, then a gourmet delight, and now a protected species -- Uncontrolled market hunting of waterfowl led to mass slaughter -- Sturgeon, a prehistoric high jumper, fell from memory -- Blue crabs hung on tenaciously -- Have diminished animal abundances remodeled the bay's food webs?PPN: PPN: 1041785453Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-4-EBA | ZDB-4-NLEBK
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