Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Inscribed by author. Dust jacket has light creasing at edges and spine. Dust jacket is now enclosed in protective covering. Interior and binding are also very good. Heavy book.
Based on many years of research on the estuarine environments from the Murchison River to Esperance, Western Australia. Ernest Hodgkin's study of the estuaries was firmly grounded in science, but he married it with the best traditions of the naturalist and historian.
The focus is on individual estuaries, their history of formation, geography, geology, water flows, plants, animals and how these have changed since European settlement, with increasing pressures of nutrient enrichment, urban development, fisheries, and the opening of sandbars. (book flap)
Extensively illustrated with colour maps, figures and photographs as well as information tables and graphs.


