Beneath the Surface
Understanding Nature in the Mullica Valley Estuary
By Kenneth W. Able | Publisher: Rutgers University Press
About the book
2021 winner of Non-fiction popular category: New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance
The Mullica Valley estuary and its watershed, formed over the last 10,000 years, are among the cleanest estuaries along the east coast of the United States. This 365,000-acre ecosystem benefits from a combination of protected watershed, low human population density, and general lack of extensive development. In Beneath the Surface, marine scientist Ken Able helps the reader penetrate the surface and gain insights into the kinds of habitats, animals, and plants that live there. Readers will gain a better understanding of the importance of these shallow waters; how the amount of salt in the water determines where animals and plants are found in estuaries; the day-night, seasonal, and annual variation in their occurrence; and how change is occurring as the result of climate variation. Throughout the book are insightful sidebars telling intimate stories of where various animals came from and where they are going as they travel through the estuary on their way to and from other portions of the east coast. Beneath the Surface emphasizes the kinds and importance of the animals and plants that live beneath the surface of this unique ecosystem.
Editions of Beneath the Surface
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780813590202
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780813590196
- EBook
- ISBN 9780813590226
- EBook
- ISBN 9780813590219
- PDF
- ISBN 9780813590233
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2021 winner of Non-fiction popular category: New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance
The Mullica Valley estuary and its watershed, formed over the last 10,000 years, are among the cleanest estuaries along the east coast of the United States. This 365,000-acre ecosystem benefits from a combination of protected watershed, low human population density, and general lack of extensive development. In Beneath the Surface, marine scientist Ken Able helps the reader penetrate the surface and gain insights into the kinds of habitats, animals, and plants that live there. Readers will gain a better understanding of the importance of these shallow waters; how the amount of salt in the water determines where animals and plants are found in estuaries; the day-night, seasonal, and annual variation in their occurrence; and how change is occurring as the result of climate variation. Throughout the book are insightful sidebars telling intimate stories of where various animals came from and where they are going as they travel through the estuary on their way to and from other portions of the east coast. Beneath the Surface emphasizes the kinds and importance of the animals and plants that live beneath the surface of this unique ecosystem.
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2021 winner of Non-fiction popular category: New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance
The Mullica Valley estuary and its watershed, formed over the last 10,000 years, are among the cleanest estuaries along the east coast of the United States. This 365,000-acre ecosystem benefits from a combination of protected watershed, low human population density, and general lack of extensive development. In Beneath the Surface, marine scientist Ken Able helps the reader penetrate the surface and gain insights into the kinds of habitats, animals, and plants that live there. Readers will gain a better understanding of the importance of these shallow waters; how the amount of salt in the water determines where animals and plants are found in estuaries; the day-night, seasonal, and annual variation in their occurrence; and how change is occurring as the result of climate variation. Throughout the book are insightful sidebars telling intimate stories of where various animals came from and where they are going as they travel through the estuary on their way to and from other portions of the east coast. Beneath the Surface emphasizes the kinds and importance of the animals and plants that live beneath the surface of this unique ecosystem.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Beneath the Surface?
Mathematics and Science > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Ecological science, the Biosphere
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Beneath the Surface?
Kenneth W. Able
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Beneath the Surface is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780813590202) and paperback(ISBN 9780813590196) and ebook(ISBN 9780813590226) and ebook(ISBN 9780813590219) and pdf(ISBN 9780813590233)
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