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Erie : the lake that survived

Title
Erie : the lake that survived / Noel M. Burns.
Author
Burns, Noel M.
Publication
Totowa, N.J. : Rowan & Allanheld, 1985.

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Book/TextUse in library F555 .B87 1985Off-site

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Description
xviii, 320 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
Summary
Looks at the impact of humans on Lake Erie from colonial times to the present, explains how the lake became dangerously polluted, and documents the international efforts to save it.
Subject
  • Natural history > Erie, Lake
  • Pollution > Erie, Lake
  • Sciences naturelles > Érié, Lac
  • Pollution > Érié, Lac
  • Natural history
  • Pollution
  • Seesanierung
  • Limnologie
  • Erie, Lake > History
  • Erie, Lake, Region > History
  • Érié, Lac > Histoire
  • Érié, Région du lac > Histoire
  • Lake Erie
  • Lake Erie Region
  • Eriesee
Genre/Form
History
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [297]-314.
Contents
History : Changes in the Lake Erie Basin -- The history of develpment -- Geological development of Lake Errie -- Processes in Lake Erie : Climate, weather, and erosion -- Water movement and sediment transport -- Loading of nutrient and non-toxic materials to the lake -- Toxic materials in the lake -- The basins and their biology : the West Basin -- Changes in the Central Basin -- The East Basin -- Alternatives and decisions: Lake Erie -- past, present, and future -- Appendix: models of Lake Erie processes.
ISBN
  • 0847673987
  • 9780847673988
LCCN
84029822
OCLC
  • ocm11621996
  • 11621996
  • SCSB-634864
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library