Biodiversity, Conservation and Environmental Management in the Great Lakes Basin

The Great Lakes Basin in North America holds more than 20 percent of the world's fresh water. Threats to habitats and biodiversity have economic, political, national security, and cultural implications and ramifications that cross the US-Canadian border. This multidisciplinary book presents the latest research to demonstrate the interconnected nature of the challenges facing the Basin.

Chapters by U.S. and Canadian scholars and practitioners represent a wide range of natural science and soc...