The author studies the histories of fisheries off the Gulf of Maine, and how the populations of cod, flounder, and other species that had dominated the region seemed to lose the ability to recover following annual harvests. Maps.
Dobbs and Ober closely focus on the lives of Northern Forest residents -- a mill worker, a forester, several loggers, a fishing guide, and a Christmas tree-farming family -- and discover an extraordinary sense of place that arises in those who have a continuous, working relationship with the land. The authors assert that environmentalists must ...
This work presents advances in zero-dimensional commutative rings and commutative algebra. It illustrates the research frontier with 52 open problems together with comments on the relevant literature, and offers a comprehensive index for easy access to information. Wide-ranging developments in commutative ring theory are examined.
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