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The management of estuarine resources in Canada / Irving K. Fox, J.P. Nowlan. : En93-6/1978E-PDF

"Estuaries and their associated lands have traditionally provided abundantly for the needs of civilized man. Settlements based on estuarine resources have historically been prosperous, leading the hinterland not only in material wealth but in development and cultural values. They were favoured sites for important cities, attracting commerce and industry, and rising to become keystones to political and economic power. Self renewal of the estuarine environment through daily tidal action and through seasonal fluctuations in water flow permitted intensive use of the resources. Only in recent times, as the estuarine ecosystems were confronted with population and industrial pressures beyond their power to withstand or adjust to, their susceptibility to serious deterioration or destruction was recognized"--Introduction.

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Ministère/Organisme
  • Canada. Environment Canada.
  • Canadian Environmental Advisory Council.
TitreThe management of estuarine resources in Canada / Irving K. Fox, J.P. Nowlan.
Titre de la série
  • Report (Canadian Environmental Advisory Council) ; no. 6
Type de publicationMonographie - Voir l'enregistrement principal
Langue[Anglais]
FormatTexte numérique
Document électronique
Note(s)
  • Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada].
  • "March 1978."
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Information sur la publication
  • Ottawa, Canada : Canadian Environmental Advisory Council, 1978.
  • ©1978
Auteur / Contributeur
  • Fox, Irving K‏., author.
Description1 online resource (vi, 51 pages, 3 unnumbered pages) : maps, charts.
ISBN0662020421
Numéro de catalogue
  • En93-6/1978E-PDF
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