Killer Algae

Killer Algae
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 408
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ISBN-10 : 0226519236
ISBN-13 : 9780226519234
Rating : 4/5 (234 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Killer Algae by : Alexandre Meinesz

Download or read book Killer Algae written by Alexandre Meinesz and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2001-05 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This supposedly benign little plant - that no one thought could survive the waters of the Mediterranean - has become a pernicious force. Caulerpa taxifolia now covers 10,000 acres of the coasts of France, Spain, Italy, and Croatia, and has devastated Mediterranean ecosystems. And it continues to grow, unstoppable and toxic. When Alexandre Meinesz, a professor of biology at the University of Nice, learned of a square-yard patch of it in 1988, he warned biologists and oceanographers of the potential species invasion. His calls went unheeded. At that time, one person could have weeded the small patch and ended the problem. Since then, the plant has defeated the French Navy, thwarted scientific efforts to halt its rampage, and continues its destructive journey into the Adriatic Sea."--BOOK JACKET. "Killer Algae is the biological and political horror story of this invasion."--BOOK JACKET.


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