223 records matched your query       

Author:

Egan, Dan.

Title:

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

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton & Co.,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xix, 364 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Lake ecology--Great Lakes (North America)
Great Lakes (North America)--Environmental conditions.
Introduced organisms--Great Lakes (North America)
Nonindigenous aquatic pests--Great Lakes (North America)
Water quality--Great Lakes (North America)
Lake ecology--Great Lakes (North America)
Great Lakes (North America)--Environmental aspects.
Nonindigenous pests--Great Lakes (North America)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-347) and index.

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.

Summary:

Looks at the environmental impacts of man on the Great Lakes in North America.

Indexed by:

Library Journal Starred, December 2016
Booklist starred, March 2017
Publisher's Weekly, January 2017
Kirkus Starred, February 2017
Library Journal Starred
Booklist starred
Publisher's Weekly

ISBN:

0393246434
9780393246438

LCCN:

2016039546

Locations:

BRPD251 -- Adel Public Library (Adel)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

ORAX826 -- Scott Community College (Bettendorf)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

VWPC964 -- Calmar Public Library (Calmar)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

WKPE185 -- Cherokee Public Library (Cherokee)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

VTPD454 -- Cresco Public Library (Cresco)

VXPE964 -- Decorah Public Library (Decorah)

ZBPE245 -- Norelius Community Library (Denison)

SHPC094 -- Denver Public Library (Denver)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

VYPA964 -- Fort Atkinson Public Library (Fort Atkinson)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

EEPC605 -- George Public Library (George)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

HOPC845 -- Hull Public Library (Hull)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

TKPE492 -- Maquoketa Public Library (Maquoketa)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

CNPC792 -- Montezuma Public Library (Montezuma)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

VKPE334 -- Oelwein Public Library (Oelwein)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

NUPD663 -- Osage Public Library (Osage)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

DDPC173 -- Rockwell Public Library (Rockwell)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

CDPC522 -- Solon Public Library (Solon)

WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

VMPC334 -- West Union Community Library (West Union)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)