Author: Frederick Luckey
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Category : Ontario, Lake (N.Y. and Ont.)
Languages : en
Pages : 186

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Author: Daniel Macfarlane
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0228023041
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 186

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Lake Ontario has profoundly influenced the historical evolution of North America. For centuries it has enabled and enriched the societies that crowd¬ed its edges, from fertile agricultural landscapes to energy production systems to sprawling cities. In The Lives of Lake Ontario Daniel Macfarlane details the lake’s relationship with the Indigenous nations, settler cultures, and modern countries that have occupied its shores. He examines the myriad ways Canada and the United States have used and abused this resource: through dams and canals, drinking water and sewage, trash and pollution, fish and foreign species, industry and manufacturing, urbanization and infrastructure, population growth and biodiversity loss. Serving as both bridge and buffer between the two countries, Lake Ontario came to host Canada’s largest megalopolis. Yet its transborder exploitation exacted a tremendous ecological cost, leading people to abandon the lake. Innovative regulations in the later twentieth century, such as the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreements, have partially improved Lake Ontario’s health. Despite signs that communities are reengaging with Lake Ontario, it remains the most degraded of the Great Lakes, with new and old problems alike exacerbated by climate change. The Lives of Lake Ontario demonstrates that this lake is both remarkably resilient and uniquely vulnerable.

Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Category : Fishery law and legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 236

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Author: Steven W. Effler
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461223180
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 846

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Onondaga Lake in Syracuse, New York is a model for the analysis and management of a polluted urban lake. Sometimes referred to as "the most polluted lake in the United States", Onondaga Lake is one of only two lakes for which a federal advisory body has been set up to guide environmental remediation. The recipient of significant municipal effluent and industrial waste for more than a century, Onondaga Lake has been the focus of intensive limnological investigation and extensive remediation efforts. This book is a comprehensive presentation of the scientific knowledge about Onondaga Lake, based on research coordinated by the Upstate Freshwater Institute. Onondaga Lake: Limnology and Environmental Management of a Polluted Urban Lake is the most complete case study of a lake, and will be of interest to water quality scientists, engineers and managers, as well as environmental engineers, modelers, and policymakers.

Author: Resource Library for the Environment and the Law
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Category : Great Lakes (North America)
Languages : en
Pages : 366

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Author: Harold L. Schramm
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 634

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Category : Aquatic sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 484

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Author: New York State Library
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 318

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Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 366

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Author: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Great Lakes National Program Office
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Category : Great Lakes (North America)
Languages : en
Pages : 100

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