The death and life of the Great Lakes / Dan Egan.
"The Great Lakes--Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior--hold 20 percent of the world's supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they are under threat as never before, and their problems are spreading across the continent....
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton & Company,
[2017]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 364 pages : illustations, map ; 25 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Introduction
- Part one. The front door. 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
- Part two. The back door. 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
- Part three. The future. 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.