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Title:
The death and life of the Great Lakes / Dan Egan.
Author:
Egan, Dan, author.
ISBN:
9780393246438
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Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
pages cm
Content Type:
text
Media Type (RDA):
unmediated
Carrier Type:
volume
Contents:
The dream of a fourth seacoast : building the St. Lawrence seaway -- Three fish : the story of lake trout, sea lampreys and alewives -- Farming the lakes : the introduction of coho and chinook salmon -- Noxious cargo : the invasion of zebra and quagga mussels -- Continental undivide : Asian carp and Chicago's backwards river -- Conquering a continent : the mussel infestation of the west -- America's dead sea : toxic algae and the Toledo water crisis -- Plugging the drain : the never-ending threat to siphon away great lakes water -- A shaky balancing act : climate change and the fall and rise of the lakes -- A Great Lake revival : charting a course toward integrity, stability and balance.
Format:
Books