Rivers and lakes Books

The first book on the subject, this monograph examines the phenomenon of a huge sealed, freshwater lake, isolated from the rest of the world by kilometers' thick ice. The existence of melting ice at the bottom of the huge...

This is the first systematic assessment of the international 200-mile exclusive economic zone. To date, 145 states have ratified the Law of the Sea Convention, and most have established EEZs. This volume focuses on the specific...

Environmental isotope and nuclear techniques provide unmatched insights into the processes governing the water cycle and its variability. This monograph presents state of the art applications and new developments of isotopes in...

Author Robert U. Montgomery and Sam Griffin have been friends for about 30 years. And for well over a decade, Montgomery has traveled annually from Missouri to fish with Sam and friend Dave Burkhardt on Lake Okeechobee. As a Senior Writer for B.A.S.S...

This open access book surveys the frontier of scientific river research and provides examples to guide management towards a sustainable future of riverine ecosystems. Principal structures and functions of the biogeosphere of rivers are explained; key...

De la culture maraîchère dans les petits jardins" est un ouvrage écrit par Gérard Courtois, un agronome et jardinier français. Ce livre aborde les techniques de culture maraîchère adaptées aux petits espaces de jardin.Gérard Courtois propose des conseils...

Water scarcity is a known issue for billions of people around the world and the latest research has predicted that this crisis will only get worse.  Through my own research, I understand that water has memory, water is alive, it could be happy and...

FRANK KEIM is an educator, nature writer and environmental activist. He worked for two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Bolivia, an anthropologist in Ecuador for four years, and as a secondary school teacher of Yup'ik Eskimos in Alaska's Lower...

How to Know the Freshwater Fishes, first published in 1957 as part of the "How to Know" Nature Series, provides keys, descriptions, and (for nearly all species) a detailed line-drawing of all the freshwater fish found in the United States. Although some...

Mobilising resources drawn from semiotic materialism and the environmental humanities, this book seeks a form of social theory from the mangroves; that is to think interstitiality from the perspective of mangroves themselves, exploring the crafty and...

China is one of the countries with the most rivers in the world. China has so many long rivers. Among them, there are more than 1,500 rivers with a drainage area of more than 1,000 square kilometers. Chinese rivers, according to the circulation pattern...

Unraveling the Sock and River Connection: Discover the fascinating history, manufacturing techniques, design trends, performance technology, and sustainable practices in both the sock industry and river conservation efforts; explore case studies and...

September 1979. When thirty-something Peter Rowlands loaded up his Landcruiser and took canoe Dimples to join his friend Hal Marsden on a paddling adventure in northern BC's backcountry, he never expected one river-Stikine-would radically change the...

This is an invitation to readers to ponder universal questions about human relations with rivers and water for the precarious times of the Anthropocene. The book asks how humans can learn through sensory embodied encounters with local waterways that...

The Georgian Bay Ship Canal was a river and lake canalization scheme designed to create a commercial waterway along the route of the voyageurs. It was the dream of Canadian businessmen and entrepreneurs for centuries. Originally a trade route for...

This book champions the Hydrocene and presents it as disruptive, conceptual epoch and curatorial theory, emphasising water's pivotal role in the climate crisis and contemporary art. Essential reading for researchers, curators, artists, students of...

Water, welling up from deep under the earth's surface, has long been regarded with a sense of mystery and gratitude in a thirsty land. Today, our springs have been overused and polluted. Many springs are running dry and to our own peril, we ignore...

Where do Jackson Hole locals hike?The definitive secret Jackson escape guidebook.Five minutes from the traffic of Jackson’s town square, Cache Creek offers the chance to immerse yourself in wild nature. It’s a place where you can see how the...

Chrysanthemums are for condolences, rue is for regret, and rosemary is for remembrance.The Victorian language of flowers-also called floriography-emerged as a clandestinen method of communication at a time when proper etiquette discouraged open and...

What animals live in swamps? Open the pages of this book to know your answer! Coloring helps improve your child's knowledge on animals, colors, patterns and forms too. The activity also makes an excellent practice writing tool because it provides the...

Fully revised and updated, this second edition of Water Ethics continues to consolidate water ethics as a key dimension of water-related decisions. The book introduces the idea that ethics are an intrinsic dimension of any water policy, program, or...

Northeast India, apart from being the rainiest in India, is drained by two large river systems of the world - the Brahmaputra and the Barak (Meghna) - both transnational rivers cutting across bordering countries. The region, known for its rich water...

In The Big Muddy, the first long-term environmental history of the Mississippi, Christopher Morris offers a brilliant tour across five centuries as he illuminates the interaction between people and the landscape, from early hunter-gatherer bands to...

Fifty-year-old canoe racer-turned-explorer West Hansen is planning to kayak the Amazon River when he learns that everyone – cartographers, adventurers, even his own sponsor, National Geographic Society – has misplaced the source of the...

This volume is based on the proceedings of a conference held at Florida State University in April, 1978. This conference was supported by the Florida State University Graduate Research Council, the Department of Biological...

Stretching along 156 miles of Florida's East Coast, the Indian River Lagoon contains the St. Lucie estuary, the Mosquito Lagoon, Banana River Lagoon, and the Indian River. It is a delicate ecosystem of shifting barrier islands and varying salinity levels...

"A beautifully written informal account of the Tampa Bay region."—<i>Library Journal</i>"A colorful history of Tampa Bay, the Hillsborough River which flows into it, and the cities of Tampa and St. Petersburg, together...

This volume assesses this nexus of gender and transboundary water governance, containing empirical case studies, discourse analyses, practitioners' accounts, and theoretical reflections.

Take a journey along the wild and rugged Rio Grande. Beautiful pictures capture the essence of the famous river and its importance in the arid Southwest. Native New Mexican author and photographer Noël-Marie Fletcher provides family stories and insights...

Tucked high in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, Lake Tahoe offers breathtaking views no matter what time of year you choose to arrive. This collection of stunning photographs allow you to explore the naturally rich landscape from shear granite cliffs...

Rivers figure prominently in a nation's historical memory, and the Volga and Mississippi have special importance in Russian and American cultures. Beginning in the pre-modern world, both rivers served as critical trade routes connecting cultures in an...

Preserving the Pascagoula re-creates one of the more exciting sagas in the history of wilderness preservation--the ultimately successful fight to protect the vast, magnificent, little-known Pascagoula Swamp in southeastern Mississippi. The Pascagoula,...

If one were forced to use a single key word to describe the decade of the 1980's, a very prominent one would be "technology. " Leading the forefront of tech­ nology advancement were breakthroughs in electronics. Devices that...

A meet in the middle educational kid's picture book with the tale of a little guy on his way home,a most insightful story to add to your children's books.

"Echoes on the Lake: The Common Loon in Poetry" invites readers on a captivating journey into the heart of nature's symphony as it unfolds on serene lakeshores. This exquisite collection of poetry is a celebration of the haunting and evocative presence...

Magnificent Majestic Mono Lake is an entertaining introduction to the eastern Sierra's Mono Lake and its basin, perfect for visitors and residents alike who want to quickly acquaint themselves with Mono Lake and its environs. Vibrant full-page color...

Many different kinds of animals have adopted a parasitic life style on the skin and gills of marine and freshwater fishes, including protozoans, flatworms, leeches, a range of crustaceans and even some vertebrates (lampreys)...

This volume summarises the outcome of the 13th Workshop of the International Association of Phytoplankton Taxonomy and Ecology (IAP) on if, and if so under what conditions phytoplankton assemblages reach equilibrium in natural...

For two decades the idea of governments and fishers working together to manage fisheries has been advocated, questioned, disparaged and, most importantly, attempted in fisheries from North and South America through Europe,...

The global scale of alien species invasions is becoming more and more evident in the beginning ofthe new millennium. Though the problem ofbiological invasions became a rapidly growing research area, there are large gaps still,...

The Inland Lakes of Wisconsin is a detailed survey of the lakes of this picturesque state. Chancey Juday's work describes the geological and ecological forces that shaped these beautiful bodies of water. With detailed maps and photographs, this book is...