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July 15th, 2009 by jryan1The pearl oyster
May 28th, 2009 by jryan1The pearl oyster
Ed. by Paul C. Southgate and John S. Lucas
Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier Science, 2008.
Call# QL430.7 .P77 P42 2008
From Elsevier:
“Audience
Oyster, mollusc and marine biologists. Aquaculturalists and practioners in oyster culture
Contents
Introduction; Taxonomy and phylogeny, Soft tissue anatomy; shell, structure and biomineralisation,; Feeding and metabolism, Reproduction development and growth; Environmental influences, Pearl oyster culture; Pearl production; Exploitation and culture of major commercial species; The pearl market; Disease and predation; Population genetics and stock improvement; Economics of pearl farming; Environmental impacts of pearl farming; Biofouling; Future development”
Antarctica : exploring a fragile eden
May 28th, 2009 by jryan1Antarctica : exploring a fragile eden
By Jonathan and Angela Scott
London : Collins, 2007.
Call# QH84.2 .S37 2007
From HarperCollins:
“A beautiful large-format history of a surprisingly fragile Eden.
‘A journey to Antarctica changes your life. It forces you to take a long hard look at the state of our planet and its last wild places…Antarctica promises man the chance to do something that he has never done before – commit to the preservation of a vast wilderness, simply because it exists.’ Best known for their African safaris, Jonathan and Angela Scott’s other passion lies in their travels to Antarctica. When the sun sets at the end of a hot day in the Mara-Serengeti, they long for the austere and beautiful landscape of the Antarctic. A journey to the southern ocean offers an array of emblematic creatures – penguins, albatrosses, seals and whales. A spectacular number of birds flock to the breeding colonies there each year, and whales gather in the southern oceans to feed during the Antarctic summer making it the perfect location for whale watching. But the recent boom in tourism is only the latest in a long history of man’s attempt to own and exploit this icy wilderness. Weaving together the discovery stories of explorers such as Cook, Shackleton, Scott and Amundsen, with the ecological stories of whaling, mining and the greenhouse effect, the Scotts reveal man’s impact on this remote and austere sanctuary for wildlife.”
Eau Canada : the future of Canada’s water
May 28th, 2009 by jryan1Eau Canada : the future of Canada’s water
By Karen J. Bakker
Vancouver, BC [Canada] : UBC Press, 2007.
Call# HD1696 .C2 E28 2007
From University of British Columbia Press:
“As the sustainability of our natural resources is increasingly questioned, Canadians remain stubbornly convinced of the unassailability of our water. Mounting evidence suggests, however, that Canadian water is under threat. Eau Canada assembles the country’s top water experts to discuss our most pressing water issues. Perspectives from a broad range of thinkers – geographers, environmental lawyers, former government officials, aquatic and political scientists, and economists – reflect the diversity of concerns in water management.
Arguing that weak governance is at the heart of Canada’s water problems, this timely book identifies our key failings, explores debates over jurisdiction, transboundary waters, exports, and privatization, and maps out solutions for protecting our most important resource.”
Multiple effect distillation of seawater using solar energy
May 28th, 2009 by jryan1Multiple effect distillation of seawater using solar energy
By Ali M. El-Nasher
New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2008.
Call# TD479.7 .E42 2008
From Nova Science Publishers:
“This book describes the solar desalination test plant in Abu Dhabi, UAE and gives a summary of its first year performance and economics. The plant has been operating successfully for 18 years supplying fresh water to the City of Abu Dhabi. The plant was commissioned in September 1984 and was running until the year 2002 when it was dismantled after fulfilling its objectives. The aim of the plant is to investigate the technical and economic feasibility of using solar desalination of seawater in providing fresh water to remote communities in the Middle East and to obtain long-term performance and reliability data on the operation of the plant. The plant has proved its technical feasibility and proved to be reliable in operation with few minor maintenance problems that required slight plant modification. Maintenance routines were established to maintain high plant performance. The economic feasibility of the plant was established by comparing the cost of water from a solar MED plant with a conventional MED plant using fossil fuel for plant capacity ranging from 100 m3/day to 1000 m3/day. It was found that the cost of water from solar MED plants is competitive with that from a conventional MED plant if the cost fuel continues to rise.”
New Ebooks
May 26th, 2009 by jryan1Ocean Waves and Oscillating Systems – Linear Interactions Including Wave-Energy Extraction
This book examines the interaction between ocean waves and oscillating systems. Graduate students and researchers will find it an excellent source of wave energy theory and application.
Biofuels Refining and Performance
This book describes the refining processes and issues involved in producing fuel derived from recently living organisms or their by-products.
Systems Biology – Properties of Reconstructed Networks
This textbook describes how to model networks, how to determine their properties, and how to relate these to phenotypic functions. The prerequisites are some knowledge of linear algebra and biochemistry.
This book is an essential reference for those in the shellfish industry; managers, policymakers and academics in the field.
CORDIO Andaman Sea 2006 final report
May 26th, 2009 by jryan1CORDIO Andaman Sea 2006 final report
By Hansa Chansang
Phuket, Thailand : Phuket Marine Biological Center, Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, 2008
Call# QH94.7 .A6 C67 2008
The incompleat eco-philosopher : essays from the edges of environmental ethics
May 26th, 2009 by jryan1The incompleat eco-philosopher : essays from the edges of environmental ethics
by Anthony Weston
Albany : SUNY Press, 2009.
Call# GE42 .W478 2009
From SUNY Press:
“This collection of germinal work in the field by Anthony Weston presents his pragmatic environmental philosophy, calling for reconstruction and imagination rather than deconstruction and analysis. It is a philosopher’s invitation to environmental ethics in an unexpectedly inviting and down-to-earth key. On the pragmatic view advanced here, environmental values are thoroughly natural—what else could they be?—and are open-ended and in flux. Rather than passing judgment on the world as it is, we are called to rediscover and remake the world as it might be. We require an environmental etiquette more than a formal ethic; an etiquette whose development must be an ongoing process; and a process in turn that is genuinely multicentric, challenging us to negotiate our place among the exuberant variety of living and other forms.”
Representing, modeling, and visualizing the natural environment
April 22nd, 2009 by jryan1Representing, modeling, and visualizing the natural environment
By Nick Mount
Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2009.
Call# GE45 .D37 R48 2009
From CRC Press:
“The explosion of public interest in the natural environment can, to a large extent, be attributed to greater public awareness of the impacts of global warming and climate change. This has led to increased research interest and funding directed at studies of issues affecting sensitive, natural environments. Not surprisingly, much of this work has required the innovative application of GIS and has led to a crucial research question: How should the environment be represented, modeled, analyzed, and visualized within a GIS?
With contributions from recognized international experts, Representing, Modeling, and Visualizing the Natural Environment explores the interplay between data representation, modeling, and visualization in environmental studies. It reviews state-of-the-art GIS applications for the natural environment and presents them in the context of a range of recent studies. This focus identifies analytical challenges and illustrates broader opportunities for applying GIS within other areas of the sciences and social sciences. The integrated approach reflects the need for a single volume covering all aspects
While many texts cover aspects of GIS application within an environmental context, few of these books focus specifically on the natural environment nor do they integrate the questions that encompass the full process of enquiry associated with GIS application in studies of the environment. The thirteenth volume in the widely recognized Innovations of GIS series, this book investigates each of these questions in turn, explicitly addressing all aspects of GIS application in the natural environment.”
Innovation in environmental policy? : integrating the environment for sustainability
April 22nd, 2009 by jryan1Innovation in environmental policy? : integrating the environment for sustainability
By Andrew Jordan
Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2008.
Call# GE170 .I496 2008
From Edward Elgar Publishing:
“Environmental Policy Integration (EPI) is an innovative policy principle designed to deliver sustainable development. This book offers an unrivalled exploration of its conceptualization and implementation, drawing upon a set of interlinked case studies of the most common implementing instruments and the varied experience of applying them in six OECD states and the EU. Written by a team of international experts, it identifies and explains broad patterns and dynamics in what is an important area of contemporary environmental policy analysis.
This insightful account of the state-of-the-art aims to offer a valuable resource for academics interested in environmental politics and policy analysis, as well as the broader, interdisciplinary theme of ’governance for sustainable development’. It will interest advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students taking courses in comparative politics, public administration and environmental politics and policy-making. Given the continuing political relevance of sustainability, it should also appeal to NGOs, think tanks and international bodies attempting to coordinate policies across and within different levels of governance.”