The Hudson : : An Illustrated Guide to the Living River / / Stephen P. Stanne, Roger G. Panetta, Brian E. Forist.
The Hudson River is one of the great rivers of the world. Not long ago, it was seriously threatened by pollution. Now it is coming back to life as a waterway where fish and birds can thrive again-a river valued once more by communities along its shores. The sloop Clearwater, founded by folksinger Pe...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [1996] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 1996 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 309 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. A Physical Overview of. the Hudson
- Chapter 2. Energy Flow and Nutrient Cycles in the Hudson
- Chapter 3. The Hudson's Habitats and Plant Communities
- Chapter 4. The Hudson's Invertebrate Animals
- Chapter 5. The Hudson's Fishes
- Chapter 6. The Hudson's Birds and Beasts
- Chapter 7. Exploration, Colonization, and Revolution
- Chapter 8. The Romantic River
- Chapter 9. Industrialization and the Transformation of the Landscape
- Chapter 10. Conservation and Environmentalism
- Chapter 11. Resolving River Conflicts
- Chapter 12. Is the Hudson Getting Cleaner?
- Afterword
- Sources and Notes
- Glossary
- Suggested Readings
- Index
- About the Authors