The Resource The death and life of the Great Lakes, Dan Egan
The death and life of the Great Lakes, Dan Egan
Resource Information
The item The death and life of the Great Lakes, Dan Egan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in East Baton Rouge Parish Library.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
Resource Information
The item The death and life of the Great Lakes, Dan Egan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in East Baton Rouge Parish Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xix, 364 pages
- Contents
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- The front door. The dream of 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
- 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
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780393246438
- Label
- The death and life of the Great Lakes
- Title
- The death and life of the Great Lakes
- Statement of responsibility
- Dan Egan
- Subject
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- Water quality -- Great Lakes (North America)
- Electronic books
- trueGreat Lakes
- Great Lakes (North America) -- Environmental conditions
- trueGreat Lakes region
- Introduced organisms -- Great Lakes (North America)
- Lake ecology
- Lake ecology -- Great Lakes (North America)
- Lakes
- trueNonindigenous aquatic pests
- Nonindigenous aquatic pests -- Great Lakes (North America)
- trueOrganism introduction
- trueWater quality
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Egan, Dan
- Dewey number
- 577.630977
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Lake ecology
- Introduced organisms
- Nonindigenous aquatic pests
- Water quality
- Great Lakes (North America)
- Label
- The death and life of the Great Lakes, Dan Egan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-347) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The front door. The dream of 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 -- 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 -- 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
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xix, 364 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393246438
- Isbn Type
- (hb)
- Lccn
- 2016039546
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustations, map
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)951070858
- ocn951070858
- OCoLC
- Label
- The death and life of the Great Lakes, Dan Egan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-347) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The front door. The dream of 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 -- 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 -- 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
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xix, 364 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393246438
- Isbn Type
- (hb)
- Lccn
- 2016039546
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustations, map
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)951070858
- ocn951070858
- OCoLC
Subject
- Water quality -- Great Lakes (North America)
- Electronic books
- trueGreat Lakes
- Great Lakes (North America) -- Environmental conditions
- trueGreat Lakes region
- Introduced organisms -- Great Lakes (North America)
- Lake ecology
- Lake ecology -- Great Lakes (North America)
- Lakes
- trueNonindigenous aquatic pests
- Nonindigenous aquatic pests -- Great Lakes (North America)
- trueOrganism introduction
- trueWater quality
Genre
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- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2017
- trueWisconsin Library Association Literary Award
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Science & Technology Books: 2017
- trueLos Angeles Times Book Prizes: History
- trueNational Academies Communication Award
- trueThat's WILD!
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