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Killer Algae

Killer Algae( )
Author: Meinesz, Alexandre
Translator: Simberloff, Daniel
Series title:Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
ISBN:978-0-226-51923-4
Publication Date:May 2001
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $49.95
Book Description:

Two decades ago, a Stuttgart zoo imported a lush, bright green seaweed for its aquarium. Caulerpa taxifolia was captively bred by the zoo and exposed, for years, to chemicals and ultraviolet light. Eventually a sample of it found its way to the Oceanographic Museum in Monaco, then headed by Jacques Cousteau. Fifteen years ago, while cleaning its tanks, that museum dumped the pretty green plant into the Mediterranean. This supposedly benign little plant--that no one...
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Book Details
Pages:360
Detailed Subjects: Science / Life Sciences / Botany
Science / Life Sciences / Marine Biology
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):1.45 x 2.03 x 0.22 cm
Book Weight:0.484 Kilograms



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