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The death and life of the Great Lakes  Cover Image Book Book

The death and life of the Great Lakes / Dan Egan.

Egan, Dan, (author.).

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  • ISBN: 9780393246438 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: xix, 364 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2017]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject: Introduced organisms > Great Lakes (North America)
Lake ecology > Great Lakes (North America)
Nonindigenous aquatic pests > Great Lakes (North America)
Water quality > Great Lakes (North America)
Great Lakes (North America) > Environmental conditions.

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