Alien Species Invasion Threatens Great Lakes. Peter Gorrie.
by Gorrie, Peter; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 58Environment. Publisher: Toronto Star, 2003ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Biological invasions | Canada and the U.S | Carp | Discharge of ballast water | Ecological risk assessment | Exotic fishes | Great Lakes | Great Lakes Region | Lake ecology | Nonindigenous pests | Shipping -- Environmental aspects | Water pollution | Zebra musselDDC classification: 050 Summary: "About a year ago [2002], Jeff Robinson spotted the first dead loon. It lay crumpled on the shore of Lake Erie, near Long Point, its body contorted by botulism, a paralyzing poison. By the end of last fall, researchers and bird lovers had picked up thousands more in the same condition." (TORONTO STAR) This article reveals that the health of the Great Lakes is in jeopardy due to "pollution, over-fishing, thoughtless development and the arrival of foreign species."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Alien Species Invasion Threatens Great Lakes, July 5, 2003; pp. F1+.
"About a year ago [2002], Jeff Robinson spotted the first dead loon. It lay crumpled on the shore of Lake Erie, near Long Point, its body contorted by botulism, a paralyzing poison. By the end of last fall, researchers and bird lovers had picked up thousands more in the same condition." (TORONTO STAR) This article reveals that the health of the Great Lakes is in jeopardy due to "pollution, over-fishing, thoughtless development and the arrival of foreign species."
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