Modern Oceans, Ancient Sites: Archaeology and Marine Conservation on San Miguel Island, California

by Todd J Braje and Todd J. Braje

There is a growing consensus in the scientific realm that the world's oceans are reaching a state of crisis as commercial fisheries are more widely overexploited and many coastal ecosystems are approaching collapse. A number of scientists and resource managers have argued that a successful understanding of the current crisis can be found through the development of a deeper historical perspective of the ecology of coastal ecosystems and the impacts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874809843
• ISBN13: 9780874809848
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: University of Utah Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.2" x 10.2"