The Peace-Athabasca Delta: Portrait of a Dynamic Ecosystem

by Kevin P. Timoney

Book Overview

"In the delta, water is boss, change is the only constant, and creation and destruction exist side by side." The Peace-Athabasca Delta in northern Alberta is a globally significant wetland that lies within one of the largest unfragmented landscapes in North America. Arguably the world's largest boreal inland delta, it is renowned for its biological productivity and is a central feature of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Yet the delta and its indigenous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888647301
• ISBN13: 9780888647306
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: University of Alberta Press
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 4.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.1" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up