Geological History and Transition of the Biota of Lake Biwa
The Lake Biwa area is one of the most active Cenozoic tectonic regions of the Japanese islands. District-wide geological structures and a large depressional basin are recognized in this area. The formation and development of the lake were controlled by fa
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Lake Biwa: Interactions between Nature and People Second Edition
Lake Biwa: Interactions between Nature and People
Lake Biwa: Interactions between Nature and People Second Edition Editors Hiroya Kawanabe • Machiko Nishino • Masayoshi Maehata
Assistant Editors Kazuhiro Masunaga • Mark Josef Grygier • Robin James Smith
Chapter Editors Chapter 1: Keiichi Takahashi Chapter 2: Machiko Nishino Chapter 3: Machiko Nishino Chapter 4: Masaharu Yoda Chapter 5: Masayoshi Maehata Chapter 6: Masahisa Nakamura Chapter 7: Masayoshi Maehata Appendices: Machiko Nishino • Masaharu Yoda • Masayoshi Maehata
Editors Hiroya Kawanabe Lake Biwa Museum Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan
Machiko Nishino Biwako Seikei Sport College Otsu, Shiga, Japan
Masayoshi Maehata Kobe Gakuin University Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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Foreword to the Second Edition What do you carry in wings cupped so carefully, Speaking of tenderness? We carry life. Your neck well-nerved, easy and exquisite, Whose is its immortal gesture of pride? Not ours. We in another world, further than stars, Go on our own way. You need not hope to know Whether our hidden feet enjoy their strength. Whose pride joints your neck then, whose love curves your wings, Who in my eyes consents? The creeper rounds the stem and sees itself, The god looks down upon his hands, two swans, Asks what they are. But now, beyond question, the swans sail on together, Wing answering wing, as parting of a breath Is
