Rivers Of The United States, Part B: The Mississippi: Drainage South Of St. Louis (Volume 4)

Rivers Of The United States, Part B: The Mississippi: Drainage South Of St. Louis (Volume 4)

Product Description This text is Part B of the fourth volume of a six-volume set of books that provides a comprehensive and integrated treatment of all the major rivers and estuaries of the contiguous United States. Both the physical and biological characteristics of pristine river environments are presented in detail. Part B is concerned with west of the Mississippi basin drainage and west of the Mississippi River. From the Publisher This six-volume set offers a comprehensive, unified and integrated treatment of all major rivers and estuaries of the contiguous United States. Describes the hydrology, chemistry and biology of rivers in natural circumstances. Includes numerous photographs, maps and graphs. About the Author Dr. Patrick is a 1996 recipient of the Presidents 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.