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Author Meinesz, Alexandre.

Title Killer algae / Alexandre Meinesz ; translated by Daniel Simberloff ; with a foreword by David Quammen.

Imprint Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, c1999.

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Description xvi, 360 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 21 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-349) and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Caulerpa taxifolia -- Mediterranean Sea.
Toxic marine algae -- Mediterranean Sea.
Alien plants -- Mediterranean Sea.
Added Author Simberloff, Daniel.
ISBN 0226519228 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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