Books
If you like to read books about the lagoons, estuaries, waterways, and coastal areas of Southern California, especially in San Diego County, this is the spot for you! We continue to curate this list regularly, so if you have suggestions of books to include please let us know.
Published by the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI), this book provides some of the non-indigenous ecological history of the lagoons in North San Diego County by "reconstructing the landscape and eco-system characteristics of northern San Diego County lagoons prior to the major modifications of the late 19th and 20th centuries". It includes textual descriptions, maps, photographs, data visualizations, and analyses of a variety of cited data sources.
The book is available from SFEI as a downloadable high-resolution PDF and a low-resolution PDF. It's also available as a printed paperback book from an independent bookstore and from BN.com.
Citation: Beller EE, Baumgarten SA, Grossinger RM, Longcore TR, Stein ED, Dark SJ, Dusterhoff SR. 2014. Northern San Diego County Lagoons Historical Ecology Investigation: Regional Patterns, Local Diversity, and Landscape Trajectories. Prepared for the State Coastal Conservancy. SFEI Publication #722, San Francisco Estuary Institute, Richmond, CA.
Batiquitos Lagoon Long-term BIological Monitoring Program Final Report 2009 by Merkel & Associates, Inc., Carlsbad, CA
This report, published by Merkel & Associates, presents findings from biological monitoring at Batiquitos Lagoon in 2009. We're not sure if a printed copy can be purchased or ordered, but there is a copy that is available for in-library use at the Research Desk at Carlsbad City Library - Georgina Cole branch.
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