Peril in the Ponds : Deformed Frogs, Politics, and a Biologist's Quest /

'Peril in the Ponds' tells the story of a government biologist's investigation into the mystery of deformed frogs, an epidemic that grew during the 1990s and continues today. It provides an inside view of a highly charged environmental issue that aroused the attention of the public an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Helgen, Judith Cairncross
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Helgen, Judith Cairncross.
Wetland ecology.
Water > Pollution.
Indicators (Biology)
Frogs > Habitat.
Frogs > Abnormalities.
Environmental protection.
Environmental policy.
Ecology.
Biologists.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > Minnesota.
Environnement > Protection > Minnesota.
Biologistes > Minnesota > Biographies.
Indicateurs biologiques > Minnesota.
Écologie des zones humides > Minnesota.
Grenouilles > Habitat > Minnesota.
Grenouilles > Malformations > Minnesota.
Environmental policy > Minnesota.
Environmental protection > Minnesota.
Biologists > Minnesota > Biography.
Indicators (Biology) > Minnesota.
Water > Pollution > Minnesota.
Wetland ecology > Minnesota.
Frogs > Habitat > Minnesota.
Frogs > Abnormalities > Minnesota.
Minnesota.
Minnesota > Conditions environnementales.
Minnesota > Environmental conditions.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Call
  • The Frog Champion
  • Learning Curves
  • Wading in and Listening
  • The Peril Widens
  • Science in the Public Eye
  • Government to the Rescue?
  • The Quest
  • Imperiled Frogs
  • Bureaucratic Strangulation
  • The Wrecking Ball
  • Epilogue: How Are the Frogs?: An update.

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