Readings for “The Hudson River Watershed” field course

1. We recommend that you pick up a copy of Steve Stanne’s excellent introduction to the Hudson:

Stanne, S.P. 1996. The Hudson: an Illustrated Guide to the Living River. Rutgers Univ. Press, ISBN 0813522714

In addition, the following pdfs may be downloaded by clicking on them:

2. Selected chapters from the upcoming book, The Hudson River (J. Levinton and J. Waldman, editors; Cambridge University Press)

Ecosystem:

Cole & Caraco: Primary production and its regulation in the tidal-freshwater Hudson River

Howarth, Marino, Swaney, and Boyer: Wastewater and watershed influences on primary productivity and oxygen dynamics in the lower Hudson River Estuary

Fish and Fisheries:

Limburg, Hattala, Kahnle, and Waldman: Fisheries of the Hudson River

Waldman: The diadromous fish fauna of the Hudson River: life histories, conservation concerns, and research avenues

PCBs:

Baker et al.: PCBs in the upper Hudson River: the science behind the dredging controversy (presented as a white paper, but will be in the book)

Management:

Suszkowski and D’Elia: The history and science of managing the Hudson River

3. A few other Readings:

Beinecke: The Hudson River Foundation, 1980-1996 (personal memoir of the first chairman of the board)

Daniels et al. (in press): Changes in fish assemblages in the tidal Hudson River, New York

Environmental Protection Agency: Hudson River PCB Superfund Site

HRVGCC: The Hudson River Valley Greenway Act of 1991

Nolon: Grassroots regionalism

Swaney, Limburg, & Stainbrook (DRAFT) Some historical changes in the patterns of population and land use in the Hudson River watershed