Relicts of a Beautiful Sea Survival, Extinction, and Conservation in a Desert World |
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| Author:
| Norment, Christopher |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4696-1866-1 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2014 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $29.00 |
Book Description:
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Along a tiny spring in a narrow canyon near Death Valley, seemingly against all odds, an Inyo Mountain slender salamander makes its home. "The desert," writes conservation biologist Christopher Norment, "is defined by the absence of water, and yet in the desert there is water enough, if you live properly". Relicts of a Beautiful Sea explores the existence of rare, unexpected, and sublime desert creatures unique to the desert West.
Along a tiny spring in a narrow canyon near Death Valley, seemingly against all odds, an Inyo Mountain slender salamander makes its home. "The desert," writes conservation biologist Christopher Norment, "is defined by the absence of water, and yet in the desert there is water enough, if you live properly". Relicts of a Beautiful Sea explores the existence of rare, unexpected, and sublime desert creatures unique to the desert West.