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Liquid Land Ted Levin ISBN:
978-0-8203-2512-5 |
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This book captures the Everglades' essential beauty and mystery and explores ongoing restoration efforts. The reader is brought face-to-face with the magnificent swamp itself, its plants, animals and landscapes that remain and that will survive only if we protect them. It profiles the various parties who have tried to master, protect, or coexist with the Everglades, and describes how drainage and development have led to water pollution and salinity fluctuations, a disruption of the swamp's wet/dry seasonal cycle, an explosion in the mosquito population, and a weakened response of the ecosystem to drought, fire, hurricanes, and invasive species. |
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6" x 9", hardcover w/dustjacket, 320 pages, index. |
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