01732cam a2200337 i 4500 1468139218 TxAuBib 20240730120000.0 150415s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781603447829 flexbound with flaps $35.00 1603447822 flexbound with flaps $35.00 (OCoLC)907399500 TxAuBib rda Blackburn, Jim, Jr., 1947-, author. The book of Texas bays [Book] / by Jim Blackburn ; photographs by Jim Olive. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2014] xvii, 290 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Gulf Coast studies ; ; 6 Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-281) and index. While giving life and sustenance to plants, animals, and people, the bays and estuaries of Texas have other stories to tell--about freshwater inflows, deep port construction, disappearing oyster beds, beach resorts, industrial pollution, and more. Each story brings opposing forces into the courtroom for vigorous debates on the future of some of our most valuable and irreplaceable resources. 20240730. Coastal ecology Texas. Natural history Texas. Bays Texas. The book of Texas bays (Text). Gulf Coast studies ; ; 6. RV8