| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 430 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Series |
Estuaries of the World |
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Estuaries of the world.
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| Contents |
Part I. Introduction and background. Introduction : starting the journey to a sustainable ecosystem and healthy people -- The bay and its watershed : a voyage back in time -- Scientific concepts for understanding the health of the Chesapeake Bay and its people -- Part II. Foundations of the Chesapeake Bay food system and the consequences of over-extraction. The Algonquin food system and how it shaped the ecosystem and interactions with the English colonists of the Chesapeake Bay -- A fishing trip : exploiting and managing the commons of the Chesapeake Bay -- Menhaden, the inedible fish that most everyone eats -- Blue crabs : beautiful savory swimmers of the Chesapeake Bay -- The Chesapeake Bay oyster : cobblestone to keystone -- Passenger pigeon and waterfowl : flights to extinction and not -- Part III. Industrial-chemical agriculture reshapes the Bay's ecosystem. The journey from Peruvian guano to artificial fertilizer ends with too much nitrogen in the Chesapeake Bay -- Pesticides bring the war on nature to the Chesapeake Bay -- Livestock and poultry : other colonists who changed the food system of the Chesapeake Bay -- Part IV. Consequences of and alternatives to the standard American diet : human and ecosystem health. Instead of eating fish : the health consequences of eating seafood from the Chesapeake Bay compared to other choices -- Sugar twice enslaves : consequences for the people of the Chesapeake Bay -- Reversing the Eutrophication of the Chesapeake Bay and its people -- Finishing the journey : wastewater, a misplaced resource in the environment -- Plastic pollution and the Chesapeake Bay : the food system and beyond -- Part V. Looking to the future : ecology, economics, ethics, and policy for restoring the health of the Bay and its people -- A new food system for the Chesapeake Bay region and a changing climate -- An organic-based food system : a voyage back and forward in time -- What nature, politics and policy demand of the Chesapeake Bay and its food system -- Ethics and economics of building a food system to recover the health of the Chesapeake Bay and its people |
| Summary |
This book explores a specific ecosystem in depth, in order to weave a story built on place and history. It incorporates the theme of a journey to help reveal the environment-human-health-food system-problem. While drawing on a historical approach stretching back to the American colonial era, it also incorporates more contemporary scientific findings. By crafting its story around a specific place, the book makes it easier for readers to relate to the content, and to subsequently use what they learn to better understand the role of food systems at the global scale |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 22, 2020) |
| Subject |
Estuarine health -- Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
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Food supply -- Environmental aspects -- Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
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Animal ecology.
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Biodiversity.
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Food & beverage technology.
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Conservation of the environment.
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Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
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Technology & Engineering -- Food Science.
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Nature -- Environmental Conservation & Protection.
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Estuarine health
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Food supply -- Environmental aspects
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Atlantic Ocean -- Chesapeake Bay
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cuker, Benjamin E., editor
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| ISBN |
9783030454814 |
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3030454819 |
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