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

Author/creator: Egan, Dan.

Call Numbers: G 2017/5748

Record Identifier: 74VKVgyrbwqA

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: xix, 364 pages : illustations, maps ; 25 cm, , , , Carving a fourth seacoast : dreams of a seaway -- Three fish : the story of lake trout, sea lampreys and alewives -- The world's great fishing hole : 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 -- North America's "dead" sea : toxic algae and the threat to Toledo's water supply -- 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.

Publishers: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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DDC: 577.630977

MMS ID: 991024148715702626