Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems: Science, Technology, and Public Policy

by National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Environment and Resources Commission on Geosciences

Book Overview

Aldo Leopold, father of the "land ethic," once said, "The time has come for science to busy itself with the earth itself. The first step is to reconstruct a sample of what we had to begin with." The concept he expressed--restoration--is defined in this comprehensive new volume that examines the prospects for repairing the damage society has done to the nation's aquatic resources: lakes, rivers and streams, and wetlands.

Restoration of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309045347
• ISBN13: 9780309045346
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"