Ralph W Tiner

Broschiertes Buch

Field Guide to Coastal Wetland Plants of the Southeastern United States

Beschreibung

Coastal wetlands are among our most valuable environmental resources, providing such benefits as flood and storm damage protection, water quality maintenance, and vital habitats for fish, shellfish, and other wildlife. This field guide, designed especially for nonspecialists, decribes over 450 coastal wetland plants, and gives an overview of coastal wetland ecology in the Southwest U.S.

Autor

Ralph W. Tiner is a nationally recognized wetland ecologist with more than 40 years of experience mapping tidal marshes an other wetlands. He has directed the federal government's National Wetlands Inventory in 13 states for over 35 years and, as an adjunct professor has taught courses in wetland plant identification / ecology and wetland delineation/classification at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is currently treasurer for the U.S. National Ramsar Committee and also serves as the editor of Wetland Science and Practice (a journal of the Society of Wetland Scientists). To date, he has written over two hundred d publications including two field guides published by the University of Massachusetts Press.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Massachusetts Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 253mm x 182mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780870238338
• ISBN-10: 0870238337
• Artikelnr.: 21958757