商品簡介
This book details the biological and physical characteristics of river systems in the eastern and southeastern United States. Future volumes will deal with the Mississippi drainage, rivers of the American west and southwest, pollution and environmental management.
作者簡介
Dr. Patrick is a 1996 recipient of the President's National Medal of Science, the most prestigious scientific honor in American Science. She holds the Francis Boyer chair of Limnology at the National Academy of Sciences in Philadelphia.
目次
New England Headwaters.
Main Stem--Kennebec River.
Main Stem--Connecticut River.
Headwaters--Hudson River.
Headwaters--Mid-Atlantic Piedmont Streams.
Headwaters--Mid-Atlantic Hardwater.
Headwaters--Mid-Atlantic Appalachian.
Streams of the New Jersey Pine Barrens.
Main Stem--Potamac River.
Main Stem--James River.
Southeastern Piedmont Headwaters.
Southeastern Coastal Plain Headwaters.
Main Stem--Cape Fear River.
Main Stem--Congaree River.
Main Stem--Wateree River.
Savannah River.
Softwater Headwaters of the Mobile Bay Drainage.
Headwater--Perdido River.
Index.
