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The Atchafalaya River Basin: History and Ecology of an American Wetland
Bryan P. Piazza
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Description for The Atchafalaya River Basin: History and Ecology of an American Wetland
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, colour illustrations, colour tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: RBKF; RNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1565.
For more than five centuries, the Atchafalaya River Basin has captured the flow of the Mississippi River, becoming its main distributary as it reaches the Gulf of Mexico in south Louisiana. This dynamic environment, comprising almost a million acres of the lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley and Mississippi River Deltaic Plain, is perhaps best known for its expansive swamp environments dominated by baldcypress, water tupelo, and alligators. But the Atchafalaya River Basin contains a wide range of habitats and one of the highest levels of biodiversity on the North American continent.
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For more than five centuries, the Atchafalaya River Basin has captured the flow of the Mississippi River, becoming its main distributary as it reaches the Gulf of Mexico in south Louisiana. This dynamic environment, comprising almost a million acres of the lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley and Mississippi River Deltaic Plain, is perhaps best known for its expansive swamp environments dominated by baldcypress, water tupelo, and alligators. But the Atchafalaya River Basin contains a wide range of habitats and one of the highest levels of biodiversity on the North American continent.
Piazza has compiled and synthesized the body of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
College Station, United States
ISBN
9781623490393
SKU
V9781623490393
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About Bryan P. Piazza
Bryan P. Piazza is director of freshwater and marine science at The Nature Conservancy, Louisiana, USA, based in Baton Rouge, where he leads the applied science program in support of conservation projects across the Gulf states. He also serves as a consultant, providing technical and scientific advice on a range of environmental damage, restoration, and compliance issues.
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