The Ecology of Poole Harbour, Volume 7 (Hardcover)

Poole Harbour's unique combination of physical characteristics provide for a rich and productive ecological community recognised for its internationally significant bird populations and as a haven for the naturalisation of exotic species. But the Harbour is also exceptional in the extent to which it represents in microcosm the world-wide tensions between environment and development. The contrasts are sometimes startling: the narrow Harbour entrance separates an unspoilt natural environment of considerable importance from an urban landscape where property competes with Manhattan and Hong Kong Island in the world-wide table of real estate values. The Harbour serves as a port, fishing ground, a receiver of effluent and increasingly as a playground for the affluent. It also lies above Europe's largest on-shore oil-field.

"The Ecology of Poole Harbour" brings together for the first time expert contributions in such a way as to provide a picture of the ecology of the Harbour system as a whole. It covers all the major habitats from reed beds and salt marshes to the extensive mudflats and unseen sub-tidal regions, while also examining in some detail a wide range of ecological phenomena and issues.
* First expert overview of ecology of Poole Harbour as a whole

General

Imprint:	Elsevier Science Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Proceedings in Marine Science
Release date:	August 2005
First published:	2005
Editors:	V. J May • John Humphreys
Dimensions:	240 x 165 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	296
ISBN-13:	978-0-444-52064-7
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Ecological science, the Biosphere Promotions
LSN:	0-444-52064-3
Barcode:	9780444520647

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