Overview
- Provides engineers with the problem-solving methods used by ecologists to conserve natural systems
- Introduces conservation biology and ecology as a mainstay concept of engineering education
- Contains practical life-experience case studies based on a 47 year-career in ecology and teaching at the college level
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
He has held Research Associate positions at the American Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology; Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University (Visiting Scientist National Park Service), the Chair of the Environmental Committee at the New York Academy of Sciences and continues today as Conservation Committee Co-Chair for the Explorer’s Club.
Dr. Tanacredi has written extensively on a diverse range of conservation issues and has authored 6 books and over 60 peer reviewed scientific publications. He is a pioneer in biodiversity research efforts on Easter Island and has been honored with the discovery of a new species being named after him found on Easter Island (Cryptopontius tanacredii). His 26 years as a supervisory research scientist with the National Park Service has been perpetuated after his retirement with his academic accomplishments at Molloy College in creating the CERCOM Field Station for students in the Earth and Environmental Sciences as serving as the director of CERCOM for over 19 years.
Dr. Tanacredi is one of the founding members of the IUCN-SSG for Horseshoe Crabs and principle coordinator of the 1st International Conference on Horseshoe Crab Conservation and Biology held in 2007. Dr. Sylvia Earle has recently coined him the “Horseshoe Crab Whisperer” for fostering conservation of all Horseshoe Crabs species and their habitat on a global scale. He has continued his Long Island Horseshoe Crab Habitat Inventory of some 115 locations on Long Island tracking Horseshoe Crab breeding conditions and habitat. He has initiated at CERCOM/ Molloy College several cooperative, long-term agreements with Federal and State governments, local/NGO’s and several colleges and universities from around the world. Research activities include captive breeding techniques for aqua-cultured Horseshoe Crabs and monitoring estuarine ecosystem health.
He has been interviewed by NY Times, New Yorker Magazine, Huffington Post, Newsday, Scientific American, National Geographic, and a host of local Long Island traditional and social media outlets.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Redesigned Earth
Book Subtitle: A Brief Review of Ecology for Engineers, As If the Earth Really Mattered
Authors: John T. Tanacredi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31237-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-31235-0Published: 19 December 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-31237-4Published: 12 December 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 259
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 69 illustrations in colour
Topics: Applied Ecology, Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology, Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Environmental Science and Engineering