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The Water's Edge: Critical Problems of the Coastal Zone
Paperback
Series: MIT Press Classics
ISBN13: 9780262610162
Publisher: Mit Pr
Published: Nov 15 1972
Pages: 414
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
A summary of the findings of a 1972 workshop convened to study problems of coastal ecosystems.
This volume summarizes the conclusions and recommendations of The Workshop on Critical Problems of the Coastal Zone, held 22 May - 3 June, 1972, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The workshop was cosponsored by The Institute of Ecology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and brought together specialists from a wide variety of disciplines, including biology, chemistry, ecology, law, economics, engineering, oceanography, and sociology.
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