Assembling San Francisco: BioForum Bibliography

ASSEMBLING SAN FRANCISCO
BIOFORUM BIBLIOGRAPHY

California Academy of Sciences Library

BioForum Speakers

Resources

World Wide Web Books Children's Books
Curriculum Resources Videos Journals & Journal Articles

ANDREW N. COHEN, Ph.D.

Andrew Cohen biography

http://www.sfei.org/sfei_staff.htm

Andrew Cohen and James Carlton’s December 1995, 283-page report on the biological invasions of the S.F. Bay and Delta

http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/TR/ELIB:701

A description of the San Francisco Bay Expeditions 1993-1997 responsible for assessing the invasion of non-native species in the S.F. Bay.

http://faculty.washington.edu/cemills/SFBay.html

http://eces.org/ec/ecosystems/sanfranciscobay.shtml#012298

Includes an audio link to Dr. Cohen's talk "Biological Invasions in Coastal Waters", presented on February 13, 2001.

http://www.seagrantnews.org/news/aliens_010213/20010213_aliens_biographies.html#cohen

http://www.sfei.org/staff_cvs/ACcv2000.html

Curriculum vitae for Andrew Cohen.

http://www.aaas.org/meetings/1997/soo.htm

Program for conference in which Cohen participated.

http://indaba.iucn.org/archives/aliens-l/wwwmsgs/July98-April99/00000008.htm

E-mail from Cohen regarding invasive seaweed.

http://www.cnn.com/TECH/science/9807/13/pew.yoto/

Reference material on marine bioinvaders.

http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/journals/ps/PS511.html

More reference material on marine bioinvaders/

http://www.sciencenews.org/20000715/fob1ref.asp

Sources for news on marine invaders.

MARY LOU ZOBACK, Ph.D.

http://www.public.asu.edu/~arrows/old/GLG310--MLZ.html

Biographical sketch of Zoback.

http://www.agiweb.org/career/mlzbio.html

Zoback formerly served on this Board.

http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of99-517/of99-517.pdf

U.S. Geological Survey Western Earthquake Hazards Team

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/program/

PAUL FASSINGER, Ph.D.

http://www.abag.ca.gov/abag/overview/pub/newsletter/sm91095.html

Announcement regarding Fassinger’s hiring is included in this report.

http://www.abag.ca.gov/planning/bayareafutures/

Report on development activity in the Bay Area.

http://www.abag.ca.gov/abag/overview/pub/p98/sjmercury.html

Newspaper article on Bay Area population.

http://www.thereporter.com/Current/News/01/02/daily021601.html

Article on local employment situation.

http://sanfrancisco.bcentral.com/sanfrancisco/stories/1998/01/05/focus1.html

Business Times report on local economy.

http://www.thereporter.com/Current/News/99/12/daily120799.html

Report on Solano County economic situation.

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/2000/Feb/28/business1.html

Telecommuting in Hawaii.

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WORLD WIDE WEB

Association of Bay Area Governments: ABAG

http://www.abag.ca.gov/home2.html

The Association of Bay Area Governments’ web site is full of information about the Bay Area, including earthquake and environment information.

ABAG Earthquake Maps and Information (Association of Bay Area Governments)

http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/

Links to ABAG web sites concerning earthquakes.

Bay Trail

http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/baytrail/baytrail.html

A 360º Virtual Reality view of several points along the San Francisco Bay Trail using IPIX technology.

Global Earthquake Response Center

http://www.earthquakes.org/

WebMagic's Global Earthquake Response Center™ offers news, information, preparedness supplies and a comprehensive guide to online resources about earthquakes.

History: San Francisco 1848-1899

http://northbeach.miningco.com/citiestowns/caus/northbeach/cs/history184818/index.htm

Sites detailing the history of San Francisco between 1848 and 1899.

Index to San Francisco History by Subject

http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist1/subjects.html

A general subject index. Links on main page in alphabetical order from African Americans to Yerba Buena for San Francisco History.

Museum of the City of San Francisco

http://www.sfmuseum.org/

Another San Francisco Museum page dedicated to the 1906 earthquake and fire with eyewitness accounts, police and fire department reports.

The Muwekma Ohlone Indians

http://www.muwekma.org/history/history_00.html

The history of a Bay Area Native American Tribe.

Neighborhood Emergency Response Team -- San Francisco Fire Department

http://www.sfnert.org/

Mission statement: Beginning With Ourselves, We Will Be Prepared and Work as an Individual or Together as Emergency Response Teams to Assist our Families and Neighbors in Time of Disaster and to be Prepared to Make Decisions That DO THE MOST GOOD FOR THE MOST PEOPLE.

Plate Tectonics and the Cause of Earthquakes from the University of Nevada, Reno

http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/100/plate-tectonics.html

A detailed and informative web site describing the causes of earthquakes. Contains aerial photographs and diagrams of plate tectonics from various areas of the world. Created by the U.S. Geological Survey.

The San Andreas Fault and the San Francisco Bay Area

http://sepwww.stanford.edu/oldsep/joe/fault_images/BayAreaSanAndreasFault.html

An informational site dedicated exclusively to the San Andreas Fault. Contains some great aerial photographs of the fault, information on possible historical earthquakes of large magnitude along the fault, and links to other San Andreas Fault websites.

San Francisco Estuary Project

http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/sfep/sfep.html

The San Francisco Estuary Project's home page. The S.F. Estuary Project is one of over 20 Estuary Projects established by the National Estuary Program to protect and improve the water quality and natural resources of estuaries nationwide.

Seismological Society of America

http://www.seismosoc.org/

The homepage for the Seismological Society of America, an international association devoted to the advancement of earthquake science. Founded in 1906 in San Francisco, the Society now has members throughout the world representing a variety of technical interests: seismologists and other geophysicists, geologists, engineers, insurers, and policy-makers in preparedness and safety.

Shaping San Francisco on the Web

http://www.shapingsf.org/tour.html

This website presents a multidisciplinary view of San Francisco’s history and culture. There are sections on the early ecology of San Francisco, the history of the public transit system, and the growth of the GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender) community.

U.S. Geological Survey: Access USGS - San Francisco Bay and Delta

http://sfbay.wr.usgs.gov/

A general website containing Bay Area information gathered and maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey. Topics include water quality information, exotic species analysis, urban growth information, and digital maps overlaid with regional fault lines.

U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Information

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/

The U.S. Geological Survey has put together a very thorough site focused specifically on earthquakes in the Bay Area and California at large. Among other features, the site contains a basic earthquake FAQ, a real-time earthquake map, and a series of hazard maps analyzing both the shaking and damage severity indexed by city, fault line, and historical earthquake event.

Virtual Earthquake Interactive education

http://vcourseware3.calstatela.edu/eec/Earthquake/

Virtual Earthquake is an interactive Web-based program designed to introduce visitors to the concepts of how an earthquake epicenter is located and how the Richter Magnitude of an earthquake is determined. The exercise is extremely educational and fun.

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BOOKS

Angulo, Jaime de. Indians in Overalls. San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books; Eugene, OR: Subterranean Co., c1990. Pub E99 .A15 A64 1990.

Annerino, John. People of Legend: Native Americans of the Southwest. San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books, 1996. Pub E78 .S7 A65 1996.

Bean, Lowell John, ed. The Ohlone Past and Present: Native Americans of the San Francisco Bay Region. Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press, c1994. Main E99 .C8744 O45 1994.

Blok, G. K(ed.). The Russians in California. San Francisco, CA: California Historical Society, 1933. Main Serials F856 .C34 v.12:3.

Building Sustainable Communities: An Environmental Guide for Local Government. San Francisco, CA: Global Cities Project, Center for the Study of Law and Politics, c1990. Main JS341 .B84 1990.

Bortugno, Edward J. Living on the Fault II: A Field Guide to the Visible Evidence of the San Andreas Fault. Oakland, CA: BAREPP, 1990. REF Wild California QE606.5 .U5 B672 1990.

Bronson, William. The Earth Shook, the Sky Burned. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1959. Main 979.461 .B789e.

California: A Place, A People, A Dream. San Francisco: Chronicle Books; Oakland, CA: Oakland Museum, 1986. SC F861.5 .C34 1986.

California at Risk: Reducing Earthquake Hazards, 1987-1992. Sacramento, CA: California Seismic Safety Commission, 1989. Main QE535.2 .C3 C35 1989.

Chan, Sucheng. This Bittersweet Soil: The Chinese in California Agriculture, 1860-1910. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, c1986. Main HD8039 .F3 U62 1986 .

The Changing Bay: Review Materials on the Environment and Resources of San Francisco Bay. San Francisco, CA: Oceanic Society, 1984. Maps TD225 .S25 C43 1984.

Chen, Jack. The Chinese of America. San Francisco, CA: Harper & Row, 1982, c1981. Main E184 .C5 C45 1981.

Cohen, Andrew Neal. An Introduction to the Ecology of the San Francisco Estuary. Oakland, CA: San Francisco Estuary Project, 1990. REF Wild California QH105 .C2 C64 1990.

Conomos, T.J., ed. San Francisco Bay: The Urbanized Estuary. San Francisco, CA: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1979. REF Wild California GC856 .S28 1979.

Corbett, Michael R. Splendid Survivors: San Francisco's Downtown Architectural Heritage. San Francisco, CA: California Living Books, c1979. SC NA735 .S35 C67 1979.

Eargle, Dolan. The Earth Is Our Mother: A Guide to the Indians of California, Their Locales and Historic Sites. 4th ed. San Francisco, CA: Trees Company Press, 1991, c1986. Main REF & Biodiv REF E78 .C15 E37 1991.

Ecological Restoration in the San Francisco Bay Area. Berkeley, CA: Restoring the Earth, 1990. Biodiv REF QH76.5.C2 E25 1990.

Estuarywise: 100 Tips on How You Can Prevent Pollution of Our Bay and Delta: Handbook for the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary. Oakland, CA: San Francisco Estuary Project, 1992. Biodiv TD171.3 .C22 S156 1992.

Fitzharris, Tim. Soaring with Ravens: Visions of the Native American Landscape. San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco, c1994. Pub PM197 .E1 F57 1994.

Gere, James M. Terra Non Firma: Understanding and Preparing for Earthquakes. New York, NY: W.H. Freeman, 1984. Main REF QE534.2 .G47 1984.

Gilbert, Grove Carl. The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of April 18, 1906. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1907. Main Serials 557.3 U58B no. 324.

Godfrey, Brian J. Neighborhoods in Transition: The Making of San Francisco’s Ethnic and Nonconformist Communities. Berkeley, CA: University of California, 1988. Main Serials G58 .C3 v.27.

Gutiérrez, Ramón A. Contested Eden: California Before the Gold Rush. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, c1998. Pub F864 .C735 1998.

Hansen, Gladys C. and Emmet Condon. Denial of Disaster. San Francisco, CA: Cameron and Co., 1989. Main Folio F869 .S3 H353 1989.

Josselyn, Michael and James Buchholz. Marsh Restoration in San Francisco: A Guide. Tiburon, CA: Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies, 1984. Main QH541.5 .M3 J68 1984.

Kamb, Karin. Directory of Ethnic Organizations and Community Resources in the San Francisco Bay Area. San Francisco, CA: California Academy of Sciences. Anthropology Dept., [1993]. Main REF F868 .S156 K35 1993.

Kroeber, A. L. Handbook of the Indians of California. Berkeley, CA: Book Company, 1953. Main REF E78 .C15 K7 1953.

Langellier, J. Phillip and Daniel B. Rosen. El Presidio de San Francisco: A History Under Spain and Mexico, 1776-1846. Spokane, WA: Arthur H. Clark Co., 1996. Main F869 .S38 P747 1996.

The Law of the Mother: Protecting Indigenous Peoples in Protected Areas. San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books, 1993. Biodiv & Biodiv REF GN380 .L39 1993.

Lobo, Susan. American Indians in the Bay Area: A Working Bibliography. Oakland, CA: Intertribal Friendship House, Community History Project, 1998. Main E78 .C15 A43 1998.

Martini, John A. Fort Point: Sentry at the Golden Gate. San Francisco, CA: Golden Gate National Park Association, c1991. Pub F869 .S38 F675 1991.

McCarthy, Leo T. Planning for the Next One: An Examination of California's Earthquake Preparedness: A Report. Sacramento, CA: Office of the Lieutenant Governor, 1991. Main HV551.4 .C2 M32 1991.

Milliken, Randall. A Time of Little Choice: The Disintegration of Tribal Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1769-1810. Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press; Orders, Ballena Press Publishers' Services, c1995. Main E78 .C15 M55 1995.

Moulin, Tom and Don DeNevi. San Francisco, Creation of a City. Millbrae, CA: Celestial Arts, c1978. Main F869 .S343 M68 1978.

Nabhan, Gary Paul. Enduring Seeds: Native American Agriculture and Wild Plant Conservation. San Francisco, CA: North Point Press, 1989. Biodiv E98 .A3 N33 1989.

Nichols, Frederic H. and Mario M. Pamatmat. The Ecology of the Soft-Bottom Benthos of San Francisco Bay: A Community Profile. Los Angeles, CA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wetlands Research Center, 1988. Main QH540 .U56 85:7.23.

Nissen, Karen M, ed. A Bibliography of California Indian History. Berkeley, CA: Archaeological Research Facility, Dept. of Anthropology, University of California, [1974]. Main GN560 .C2 N54 v.2.

Palmer, Lyman L. History of Napa and Lake Counties, California. San Francisco, CA: Slocum, Bowen, 1881. Main F868 .N2 H57 1881.

Perkins, Peter. Chinatown, San Francisco. Berkeley , CA: Lancaster-Miller, c1981. Main F869 .S36 C47 1981.

Pick, Maritza. How to Save Your Neighborhood, City, or Town: The Sierra Club Guide to Community Organizing. San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books, c1993. Biodiv GE195 .P52 1993.

Probabilities of Large Earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay Region, California. Reston, VA: Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1990. Main Folio QE535.2 .C3 P76 1990.

Richards, Rand. Historic San Francisco: A Concise History and Guide. San Francisco, CA: Heritage House Publishers, c1991. Main REF F869 .S357 R53 1991.

Scarborough, Katherine T. A. Developing Library Collections for California's Emerging Majority: A Manual of Resources for Ethnic Collection Development. Berkeley, CA: Bay Area Library and Information System, c1990. Main REF Z711.8 .D48 1990.

Scherer, James Augustin Brown. The First Forty-Niner: And the Story of the Golden Tea-Caddy. New York, NY: Minton, Balch & Co., 1925. Main F865 .B82 1925.

Snyder, Gary. Riprap & Cold Mountain Poems. San Francisco, CA: Four Seasons Foundation; distributed by City Lights Books, 1965. Pub PS3569 .N88 R5 1965b.

Scholtz, C.H. The Mechanics of Earthquakes and Faulting. Cambridge; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Main REF QE534.2 .S37 1990.

Smith, Arthur Clayton. Introduction to the Natural History of the San Francisco Bay Region. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1959. REF Wild California QH105 .C2 S55 1959.

Thom, Laine. Becoming Brave: The Path to Native American Manhood. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1992. Main E78 .G73 B43 1992.

Unequal Protection: Environmental Justice and Communities of Color. San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books, 1996. Biodiv GE197 .U54 1996.

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CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Booth, Basil. Earthquakes and Volcanoes. New York, NY: New Discovery Books, 1992. Biodiv Juv QE521.3 .B66 1992.

Booth, Basil. Volcanes y terremotos. (Earthquakes and Volcanoes, Spanish) Mexico D.F: Fernandez Editores, 1994. Biodiv Juv QE521.3 .B6618 1994.

Christian, Spencer and Antonia Felix. Shake, Rattle and Roll: the World’s Most Amazing Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Other Forces. New York, NY: J. Wiley and Sons, 1997. Biodiv Juv QE521.3 .C47 1997.

Enderle, Judith A. Francis, the Earthquake Dog. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1996. Biodiv Juv PZ7 .E6965 Fr 1996.

Grossman, Virginia. Ten Little Rabbits. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1991. Biodiv Juv E98 .S7 G87 1991.

Van Rose, Susanna. Volcano & Earthquake. New York, NY: Knopf, distributed by Random House, 1992. Biodiv Juv QE521.3 .V36 1992.

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CURRICULUM RESOURCES

Bay Shores Studies Teacher’s Handbook. Tiburon, CA: Richardson Bay Audubon Center, National Audubon Society, 1987. Biodiv & Biodiv REF QH105.C2 B39 1988.

Brickson, Betty. Layperson’s Guide to San Francisco Bay. Sacramento, CA: Water Education Foundation, 1993. REF Wild California GE155 .C2 :39 1993.

Cook, Nancy. Measuring Earthquakes. Menlo Park, CA: Innovative Learning Publications, Addison Wesley, 1994. Pub QE539.2 .I5 C66 1994.

Gardening & Nature Study with Children & Young People: A Bibliography for Teachers, Parents & Other Adults from the Collections of the Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture. San Francisco, CA: Strybing Arboretum Society, 1990. Main REF SB450.9 .H44 no.3 1990.

Kramer, Kathy. Teaching About the San Francisco Bay and Delta: An Activities and Resource Guide. Richmond, CA: AquaticHabitat Institute, 1991. Biodiv REF F868 .S156 K72 1991.

Movers and Shakers: An Earthquake Preparedness Program. Bloomington, IL: State Farm Insurance Company Earthquake Consortium, 1991. Pub QE534.2 .M68 1991.

San Francisco Bay Area Wetlands Wildlife Viewing Guide. San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex, 1990. REF Wild California QH541.5 .M3 S32 1990.

Wright, Russell G. Earthquake!: An Event Based Science Module. Menlo Park, CA: Innovative Learning Publications, Addison-Wesley, 1996. Pub QE535 .W74 1996.

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VIDEOS

Bay Watch: State of the Bay. San Francisco, CA: KGO Television, 1987. (30min.) Biodiv Media TD225 .S25 B39 1987.

Green Means. Chapel Hill , NC: Environmental Media, 1997. Biodiv GE80 .G74 1997.

Green Means. Chapel Hill , NC: Environmental Media, 1994. Biodiv GE80 .G74 1994.

Secrets of the Bay. Berkeley, CA: Independent Documentary, 1990. Biodiv Media QH105 .C2 S43 1990.

Weidlinger, Tom. The American Experience: The Great San Francisco Earthquake: 1906. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life, 1989. Biodiv F869 .S357 G73 1989.

When the Bay Area Quakes. Menlo Park, CA: U.S. Geological Survey, 1990. Pub QE535.2 .C3 W44 1990.

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JOURNALS & JOURNAL ARTICLES

American Indian Historical Society. The Indian Historian. San Francisco, CA: American Indian Historical Society, 1964-1979. Main Serials E75 .I55.

Canby, Thomas Y. "Earthquake: Prelude to the Big One?" National Geographic May 1990: 76-91. Main Serials G1 .N38.

Geller, Robert J. "Earthquakes Cannot Be Predicted." Science 14 Mar. 1997: 16616-17. Main Serials 505 Sci27.

Cohen, Andrew Neal. "China Camp: Savoring the Salt Marsh." Pacific Discovery 44:1 (Winter 1991): 24.

Gore, Rick. "Living with California’s Faults." National Geographic Apr. 1995. Main Serials G1 .N38.

Macquitty, Miranda. "Pollution Beneath the Golden Gate." New Scientist 30 June 1988: 62. Main Serials Q1 .N52.

Monastersky, Richard. "The Creep Before the Quake." Science News 1 June 1996: 348. Main Serials Q1 .S76.

Philopolis: A Monthly Magazine. San Francisco, CA : [s.n.], 1906-. LSR AP2 .P54.

Tuohy, William S. "Characterizing the San Francisco Estuary: A Case Study of Science Management in the National Estuary Program." Coastal Management 21.2 (1993): 113.

Wyss, Max; Richard L. Aceves, and Stephen K. Park. "Cannot Earthquakes Be Predicted?" Science 278: 487-90. Main Serials 505 Sci27.

Yonkow, Nikolina. "Alien Crabs Come to Bay Area." Oceans Mar.-Apr. 1985: 55. Main Serials GC1 .O34.

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