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Climate change and the ecology of the Gulf of Maine, history, biodiversity, fisheries, and the pollution cocktail, editor, H.G. Black

eng

Includes bibliographical references

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no index present

non fiction

Climate change and the ecology of the Gulf of Maine

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1244440117

editor, H.G. Black

history, biodiversity, fisheries, and the pollution cocktail

"The focus of this publication is the impact of human activities in the form of greenhouse gas emissions and environmental chemicals on the biodiversity and ecology of the Gulf of Maine. We use the term zpollution cocktaily to describe the effluents of the rapidly growing global military-industrial consumer society, the legacy of the age of plastics, and its progeny, the information technology revolution."--Amazon.com description

Part 1: Climate change overview -- Chemical fallout and climate change -- Greenhouse gas emissions -- The biosphere -- Industrial society -- industrial agriculture -- Historical overview: The age of pyrotechnology -- Historical overview: The age of petrochemistry -- The world water crisis - terrestrial landscapes revisited -- Aquatic environments revisited -- Governmental environmental organizations -- Climate change in the Trumpocene -- Convivial tools and sustainable economics -- Part 2: The ecology of the Gulf of Maine: Historical overview of terrestrial landscapes of the Gulf of Maine bioregion -- The currents, channels, basins, and banks of the Gulf of Maine -- The biodiversity of the Gulf of Maine -- Fisheries of the Gulf of Maine -- Government regulations and monitoring programs -- Pathogens and invasive species in the Gulf of Maine -- Acidification, eutrophication, and harmful algal blooms -- Environmental chemicals in the Gulf of Maine -- The future viability of the fisheries of the Gulf of Maine