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
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