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Death and Life of Monterey Bay A Story of Revival

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ISBN-10: 1610911903

ISBN-13: 9781610911900

Edition: 2nd 2012

Authors: Stephen R. Palumbi, Carolyn Sotka

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Anyone who has ever stood on the shores of Monterey Bay, watching the rolling ocean waves and frolicking otters, knows it is a unique place. But even residents on this idyllic California coast may not realize its full history. Monterey began as a natural paradise, but became the poster child for industrial devastation in John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row,and is now one of the most celebrated shorelines in the world. It is a remarkable story of life, death, and revival—told here for the first time in all its stunning color and bleak grays.The Death and Life of Monterey Baybegins in the eighteenth century when Spanish and French explorers encountered a rocky shoreline brimming with life—raucous…    
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Book details

List price: $21.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Island Press
Publication date: 8/15/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Stephen R. Palumbi is professor of biology at Harvard University.

Stephen R. Palumbi is the Director of the Hopkins Marine Station and the Harold A. Miller Professor of Marine Science at Stanford University. Carolyn Sotka manages science and policy outreach activities for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Oceans and Human Health Initiative.

Preface
Introduction
Julia�s Window
The Ruin
The First California Gold Rush: Otters
Whale Bones in Treasure Bay
Abalone Shells and China Point
The Bottom
Dr. Mayor Julia Piatt
The Power of One: Julia Fights the Canneries
Ed Ricketts, Ecology and the Philosophy of Tide Pools
Dust Bowl of the Sea: The Canneries Collapse
The Recovery
The Otter Returns
Kelp, Seals, and Seabirds Rise Again
The Aquarium
The Century to Come
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Notes
Index