The book of Texas bays /
While giving life and sustenance to plants, animals, and people, the bays and estuaries of Texas have other stories to tell--about freshwater inflows, deep port construction, disappearing oyster beds, beach resorts, industrial pollution, and more. Each story brings opposing forces into the courtroom...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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College Station :
Texas A and M University Press,
[2004]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Gulf Coast studies ;
no. 6. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents |
| Summary: | While giving life and sustenance to plants, animals, and people, the bays and estuaries of Texas have other stories to tell--about freshwater inflows, deep port construction, disappearing oyster beds, beach resorts, industrial pollution, and more. Each story brings opposing forces into the courtroom for vigorous debates on the future of some of our most valuable and irreplaceable resources. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 290 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-281) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1585443395 9781585443390 9781603447829 1603447822 |