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This text presents the biological and political horror story of the algae in the Mediterranean. This work - part detective story and part bureaucratic object lesson - presents a classic case of a devastating ecological invasion and how not to deal with it.

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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". Appendices: the biology of "Caulerpa taxifolia" as known in 1991; chronology of a heralded invasion. (Part contents).

Killer Algae The True Story of a Biologial

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    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 01/05/2001
    ISBN13: 9780226519234, 978-0226519234
    ISBN10: 0226519236
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    Botany and plant sciences Ecological science, the Biosphere Popular science

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    This text presents the biological and political horror story of the algae in the Mediterranean. This work - part detective story and part bureaucratic object lesson - presents a classic case of a devastating ecological invasion and how not to deal with it.

    Table of 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". Appendices: the biology of "Caulerpa taxifolia" as known in 1991; chronology of a heralded invasion. (Part contents).

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