Screen LibraryGlobal coastal change
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| Published: |
Blackwell Pub.,
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| Publisher Address: | Malden, MA Oxford |
| Publication Dates: | 2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | viii, 368 p.: ill., maps ; 28 cm. |
| ISBN: |
1405136855 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781405136853 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | P737 |
| CLC: | P737.1 |
| Call Number: | P737.1/V172 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. The global context of coastal change -- Atmospheric-driven changes -- Sea level rise -- Alteration of freshwater discharges -- Alteration of sediment transport -- Loss of coastal habitats -- Petroleum hydrocarbons -- Chlorinated hydrocarbons -- Metals -- Introduction of exotic species -- Harvest of fin and shellfish -- Eutrophication -- Other agents of coastal change -- Summing up. |