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The Resource Seaweed chronicles : a world at the water's edge, Susan Hand Shetterly

Seaweed chronicles : a world at the water's edge, Susan Hand Shetterly

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Summary
""Seaweed is ancient and basic, a testament to the tenacious beginnings of life on earth," writes Susan Hand Shetterly in this elegant, fascinating book. "Why wouldn't seaweeds be a protean life source for the lives that have evolved since?" On a planet facing environmental change and diminishing natural resources, seaweed is increasingly important as a source of food and as a fundamental part of our global ecosystem. In Seaweed Chronicles, Shetterly takes readers deep into the world of this essential organism by providing an immersive, often poetic look at life on the rugged shores of her beloved Gulf of Maine, where the growth and harvesting of seaweed is becoming a major industry. While examining the life cycle of seaweed and its place in the environment, she tells the stories of the men and women who farm and harvest it--and who are fighting to protect this critical species against forces both natural and man-made. Ideal for readers of such books as The Hidden Life of Trees and How to Read Water, Seaweed Chronicles is a deeply informative look at a little understood and too often unappreciated part of our habitat."--Dust jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xiv, 271 pages
Contents
  • Prologue
  • The Gulf of Maine
  • The underwater forest
  • Flat Island
  • Ghost fish
  • Seaweed stories
  • Harvests and history
  • Starting from scratch
  • Seeding the string
  • The uneasy art of making policy
  • The common eider duck
  • The European green crab
  • The world according to Ascophyllum
  • Tending the wild
  • Epilogue
Isbn
9781616205744
Instance
Label
Seaweed chronicles : a world at the water's edge
Title
Seaweed chronicles
Title remainder
a world at the water's edge
Statement of responsibility
Susan Hand Shetterly
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
""Seaweed is ancient and basic, a testament to the tenacious beginnings of life on earth," writes Susan Hand Shetterly in this elegant, fascinating book. "Why wouldn't seaweeds be a protean life source for the lives that have evolved since?" On a planet facing environmental change and diminishing natural resources, seaweed is increasingly important as a source of food and as a fundamental part of our global ecosystem. In Seaweed Chronicles, Shetterly takes readers deep into the world of this essential organism by providing an immersive, often poetic look at life on the rugged shores of her beloved Gulf of Maine, where the growth and harvesting of seaweed is becoming a major industry. While examining the life cycle of seaweed and its place in the environment, she tells the stories of the men and women who farm and harvest it--and who are fighting to protect this critical species against forces both natural and man-made. Ideal for readers of such books as The Hidden Life of Trees and How to Read Water, Seaweed Chronicles is a deeply informative look at a little understood and too often unappreciated part of our habitat."--Dust jacket
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CoCr/DLC
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1942-
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Shetterly, Susan Hand
Dewey number
579.8/3/09741
Index
no index present
LC call number
QK571.5.M2
LC item number
S54 2018
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Marine algae
  • Marine algae
  • Marine algae as food
  • Marine algae as food
  • Marine algae
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Maine
Label
Seaweed chronicles : a world at the water's edge, Susan Hand Shetterly
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
Prologue -- The Gulf of Maine -- The underwater forest -- Flat Island -- Ghost fish -- Seaweed stories -- Harvests and history -- Starting from scratch -- Seeding the string -- The uneasy art of making policy -- The common eider duck -- The European green crab -- The world according to Ascophyllum -- Tending the wild -- Epilogue
Control code
1016396880
Dimensions
19 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xiv, 271 pages
Isbn
9781616205744
Lccn
2018008171
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
15056417
System control number
(OCoLC)1016396880
Label
Seaweed chronicles : a world at the water's edge, Susan Hand Shetterly
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Prologue -- The Gulf of Maine -- The underwater forest -- Flat Island -- Ghost fish -- Seaweed stories -- Harvests and history -- Starting from scratch -- Seeding the string -- The uneasy art of making policy -- The common eider duck -- The European green crab -- The world according to Ascophyllum -- Tending the wild -- Epilogue
Control code
1016396880
Dimensions
19 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xiv, 271 pages
Isbn
9781616205744
Lccn
2018008171
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
15056417
System control number
(OCoLC)1016396880

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