Pandora's locks : the opening of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway / / Jeff Alexander
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| Autore: |
Alexander Jeff <1962->
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| Titolo: |
Pandora's locks : the opening of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway / / Jeff Alexander
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| Pubblicazione: | East Lansing, Mich., : Michigan State University Press, c2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (466 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 577.63/2720977 |
| Soggetto topico: | Biological invasions - Great Lakes (North America) |
| Nonindigenous aquatic pests - Great Lakes (North America) | |
| Discharge of ballast water - Environmental aspects - Saint Lawrence Seaway | |
| Discharge of ballast water - Government policy - North America | |
| Nonindigenous aquatic pests - Control - Great Lakes (North America) | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE; TIMELINE; PROLOGUE; 01/ DOMINION; 01/ CONQUERING NATURE; 02/ VAMPIRES OF THE DEEP; 03/ SALT IN THE WOUND; 04/ ALE WIFE INVASION; 05/ A KING IS BORN; 02/ PLAGUE; 06/ FATAL ERROR; 07/ DANGEROUS CARGO; 08/ THE RECKONING; 09/ RUFFE SEAS; 10/ SMOKE AND MIRRORS; 11/ MELTDOWN; 03/ THE DREISSENA EFFECT; 12/ SOMETHING AMUCK; 13/ BLUE, GREEN,AND DEADLY; 14/ A CRUEL HOAX; 15/ CASPIAN SEA DIET; 16/ WHITEFISH AND GREEN SLIME; 17/ PARADOX; 18/ FEAR THIS; 04/ BETRAYAL; 19/ DIRTY SECRETS; 20/ WHO'S IN CHARGE?; 21/ MISSION IMPOSSIBLE; 22/ SEAWAY HERETICS; 23/ WESTWARD HO! |
| 24/ SAVING PARADISE EPILOGUE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The St. Lawrence Seaway was considered one of the world''s greatest engineering achievements when it opened in 1959. The 1 billion project-a series of locks, canals, and dams that tamed the ferocious St. Lawrence River-opened the Great Lakes to the global shipping industry. Linking ports on lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario to shipping hubs on the world''s seven seas increased global trade in the Great Lakes region. But it came at an extraordinarily high price. Foreign species that immigrated into the lakes in ocean freighters'' ballast water tanks unleashed a biological |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Pandora's locks |
| ISBN: | 1-62895-103-6 |
| 1-60917-197-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910811910803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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