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Author |
: Deborah Cramer |
Publisher |
: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 304 |
Release |
: 2015-04-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780300213713 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0300213719 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Narrow Edge by : Deborah Cramer
Thousands of ravenous tiny shorebirds race along the water’s edge of Delaware Bay, feasting on pin-sized horseshoe-crab eggs. Fueled by millions of eggs, the migrating red knots fly on. When they arrive at last in their arctic breeding grounds, they will have completed a near-miraculous 9,000-mile journey that began in Tierra del Fuego. Deborah Cramer followed these knots, whose numbers have declined by 75 percent, on their extraordinary odyssey from one end of the earth to the other—from an isolated beach at the tip of South America all the way to the icy tundra. In her firsthand account, she explores how diminishing a single stopover can compromise the birds' entire journey, and how the loss of horseshoe crabs—ancient animals that come ashore but once a year—threatens not only the survival of red knots but also human well-being: the unparalleled ability of horseshoe-crab blood to detect harmful bacteria in vaccines, medical devices, and intravenous drugs safeguards human health. Cramer offers unique insight into how, on an increasingly fragile and congested shore, the lives of red knots, horseshoe crabs, and humans are intertwined. She eloquently portrays the tenacity of small birds and the courage of many people who, bird by bird and beach by beach, keep red knots flying.
Author |
: Deborah Cramer |
Publisher |
: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 304 |
Release |
: 2015-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780300185195 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0300185197 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Narrow Edge by : Deborah Cramer
Thousands of ravenous tiny shorebirds race along the water's edge of Delaware Bay, feasting on pin-sized horseshoe-crab eggs. Fueled by millions of eggs, the migrating red knots fly on. When they arrive at last in their arctic breeding grounds, they will have completed a near-miraculous 9,000-mile journey that began in Tierra del Fuego. Deborah Cramer followed these knots, whose numbers have declined by 75 percent, on their extraordinary odyssey from one end of the earth to the other—from an isolated beach at the tip of South America all the way to the icy tundra. In her firsthand account, she explores how diminishing a single stopover can compromise the birds' entire journey, and how the loss of horseshoe crabs—ancient animals that come ashore but once a year—threatens not only the survival of red knots but also human well-being: the unparalleled ability of horseshoe-crab blood to detect harmful bacteria in vaccines, medical devices, and intravenous drugs safeguards human health. Cramer offers unique insight into how, on an increasingly fragile and congested shore, the lives of red knots, horseshoe crabs, and humans are intertwined. She eloquently portrays the tenacity of small birds and the courage of many people who, bird by bird and beach by beach, keep red knots flying.
Author |
: Neil Bell |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 250 |
Release |
: 1961 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0561001391 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780561001395 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Narrow Edge by : Neil Bell
Author |
: Neil BELL (pseud.) |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 250 |
Release |
: 1961 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:557884537 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Narrow Edge, Etc by : Neil BELL (pseud.)
Author |
: Bernard Lyons |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 414 |
Release |
: 1985 |
ISBN-10 |
: IND:30000120823376 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Narrow Edge by : Bernard Lyons
Author |
: Dominion Museum (N.Z.) |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 702 |
Release |
: 1906 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015050925984 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis Bulletin by : Dominion Museum (N.Z.)
Author |
: Olive C. Hapgood |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 184 |
Release |
: 1893 |
ISBN-10 |
: HARVARD:32044102872686 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis School Needlework by : Olive C. Hapgood
Author |
: Cassell & Company |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 414 |
Release |
: 1869 |
ISBN-10 |
: NLS:B000304037 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cassell's Household Guide by : Cassell & Company
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: |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 2102 |
Release |
: 1913 |
ISBN-10 |
: RUTGERS:39030038650661 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Federal Reporter by :
Includes cases argued and determined in the District Courts of the United States and, Mar./May 1880-Oct./Nov. 1912, the Circuit Courts of the United States; Sept./Dec. 1891-Sept./Nov. 1924, the Circuit Courts of Appeals of the United States; Aug./Oct. 1911-Jan./Feb. 1914, the Commerce Court of the United States; Sept./Oct. 1919-Sept./Nov. 1924, the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia.
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: |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 480 |
Release |
: 1908 |
ISBN-10 |
: CORNELL:31924066713698 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Fruit Grower by :