Natural History of San Francisco Bay by Okamoto, Ariel Rubissow -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half title Title Copyright Contents Prologue Acknowledgments Taking the Plunge

An Ever-Changing Environment Saving the Bay Inside and Out

Beneath the Surface: What Is an Estuary?

Geography and Geology Fresh and Salt Mix Rivers Creeks and Drainages Bays within the Bay Tides, Offshore Currents, and Upwelling Water Layers and Flows Wind, Waves, and Erosion Sediment Weather and Ocean Cycles Climate over Millennia Conclusion

Visible and Invisible Life: Fish, Birds, and Other Wildlife

Living Conditions Plants Bottom-dwellers Fish Mammals Birds Conclusion

History of Human Changes: 1800s–1960s

Earliest Inhabitants Explorers, Missionaries, and Hunters The Allure of Gold Fighting Floods Reclaiming Swamps Farms and Towns Expand Fishing for a Living Culturing Oysters Fish and Wildlife Protection Industrialized Fishing Bay and Riverfront Enterprise Transportation Facilities Controlling Water Supply and Floods Growing through War Conclusion

The Environmental Backlash: 1960s–Present

Stopping Fill Clean Water Preventing Spills and Runoff Emerging Contaminants Curing the Throwaway Habit Last of the Fishing Maintaining Ports and Shipping A Place for Wetlands and Wildlife Warring over Water Caring for Urban Creeks Preventing Invasions A Few Bad Actors Synergistic Problems Conclusion

Restoration Frontiers: The Watershed

Historical Milestones Key Ingredients: A Riparian Recipe The Big River Projects The Delta and Shallows Water Rights for the Ecosystem Production or Conservation Hatcheries? Reviving Bay Creeks Bringing Back the Steelhead Conserving and Recycling Water Conclusion

Restoration Frontiers: The Bay

Historical Milestones Key Ingredients: A Wetland Recipe The Marin Shore North Bay Hayfields South Bay Salt Ponds Reborn Weeding by Satellite Underwater Restoration Central Bay Eelgrass Beds Oysters Back in the Bay? Building a Healthy Ethic Conclusion

Climate Change and the Bay’s Future

Climate Change Basics The Bay’s Vulnerabilities Wetlands as Buffers Adaptation

Coda Glossary Historical Timeline References Learning More, Helping Out: A Few Places to Start Art Credits Index About the Authors Also of interest