Killer algae
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University of Chicago Press,
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Publisher Address: | Chicago |
Publication Dates: | 1999. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Item Description: | Roman noir de l'algue "tueuse". |
Carrier Form: | xvi, 360 p.: ill. (some col.), maps ; 21 cm. |
ISBN: | 0226519228 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | Q949 |
CLC: |
Q949.2-118.6 X173-118.6 |
Call Number: | Q949.2-118.6/M514 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-349). From the discovery of the alga in Monaco to its arrival in France -- The alga grows, and the polemic begins -- Caulerpa taxifolia, superstar -- The stakeholders squabble, and the alga spreads -- Research progresses, and the polemic persists -- Chiaroscuro: 1997-1998 -- The three lessons of Caulerpa -- The biology of Caulerpa taxifolia as known in 1991 -- Chronology of a heralded invasion -- Table of measures -- Acronyms of organizations -- Diagram of the French government. |