For Love of Lakes

Darby Nelson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

267 Seiten

2011
Michigan State University Press (Verlag)
978-1-61186-021-4 (ISBN)

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America has more than 130,000 lakes of significant size. Ninety percent of all Americans live within fifty miles of a lake, and our 1.8 billion trips to watery places make them our top vacation choice. Yet despite this striking popularity, more than 45 percent of surveyed lakes and 80 percent of urban lakes do not meet water quality standards. For Love of Lakes weaves a delightful tapestry of history, science, emotion, and poetry for all who love lakes or enjoy nature writing. For Love of Lakes is an affectionate account documenting our species’ long relationship with lakes—their glacial origins, Thoreau and his environmental message, and the major perceptual shifts and advances in our understanding of lake ecology. This is a necessary and thoughtful book that addresses the stewardship void while providing improved understanding of our most treasured natural feature.

Darby Nelson, Professor Emeritus at Anoka-Ramsey Community College and aquatic ecologist, has servedt hree terms as a Minnesota state legislator and is the former board president of Conservation Minnesota.

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Landscapes
Lake Magic
Limnos I—Walden Pond, Massachusetts
Deep Heart’s Core
August Epiphany
Agassiz’s Gift
On Seeing
Hastening Slowly
Lakescapes
Edges
Lady Daphnia’s World
Limnos II—Fox Lake, Illinois
Discovering Eden
Lake Agassiz’s Child
Seeking Hard Bottom
Mindscapes
Blue-Green Nemesis
Limnos III—Lake Mendota, Wisconsin
Diamond’s Dot
Limnos IV—Cedar Bog Lake, Minnesota
Thinking Like a Tullibee
Riding the West Wind
Futurescapes
Shield Lakes Icon
The Future in a Raindrop
Limnos V—Mirror Lake, New Hampshire
Lake of Dreams
Henry’s Mirror
Lakescapes of the Mind
Darkhouse
Selected Bibliography

Verlagsort	East Lansing, MI
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	399 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
ISBN-10	1-61186-021-0 / 1611860210
ISBN-13	978-1-61186-021-4 / 9781611860214
Zustand	Neuware