02448nam 2200553Ia 450 991045744300332120200520144314.01-60917-020-2(CKB)2550000000086073(EBL)1672262(SSID)ssj0000599661(PQKBManifestationID)11368901(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000599661(PQKBWorkID)10596588(PQKB)10672457(MiAaPQ)EBC3338219(OCoLC)608125651(MdBmJHUP)muse18382(Au-PeEL)EBL3338219(CaPaEBR)ebr10523752(EXLCZ)99255000000008607320040107d2004 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOn the brink[electronic resource] the Great Lakes in the 21st century /Dave DempseyEast Lansing Michigan State University Pressc20041 online resource (326 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87013-737-9 0-87013-705-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-299) and index.Dreams of wealth and glory -- Failing the fish -- Protecting a new home -- Degradation -- Indignation -- Manipulating the lakes -- The comeback -- Losing the lakes? -- A future in peril -- Hope for home. As one of the world's great natural treasures, the Great Lakes have also served in recent decades as an early warning system for many emerging environmental problems. In the early twenty-first century, as the Lakes face unprecedented challenges, we need to revisit both the wonder of the Lakes and the perils plaguing them, and to take action to protect this majestic ecosystem. Dave Dempsey weaves the natural character and phenomena of the Great Lakes and stories of the schemes, calamities, and unusual human residents of the Basin with the history of their environmental exploLake ecologyGreat Lakes (North America)Great Lakes (North America)Environmental conditionsElectronic books.Lake ecology333.95/28/0977Dempsey Dave1957-965976MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457443003321On the brink2192195UNINA