LEADER 02412nam 2200553Ia 450 001 9910807114503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-60917-020-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000000086073 035 $a(EBL)1672262 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000599661 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11368901 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000599661 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10596588 035 $a(PQKB)10672457 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3338219 035 $a(OCoLC)608125651 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse18382 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3338219 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10523752 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000086073 100 $a20040107d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOn the brink $ethe Great Lakes in the 21st century /$fDave Dempsey 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aEast Lansing $cMichigan State University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (326 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87013-737-9 311 $a0-87013-705-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 277-299) and index. 327 $aDreams 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. 330 $a 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 explo 606 $aLake ecology$zGreat Lakes (North America) 607 $aGreat Lakes (North America)$xEnvironmental conditions 615 0$aLake ecology 676 $a333.95/28/0977 700 $aDempsey$b Dave$f1957-$01604995 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807114503321 996 $aOn the brink$94040084 997 $aUNINA