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" The end of the river : "
Brian Harvey.
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BL
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1028066
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b782436
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Harvey, Brian J.
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The end of the river : : dams, drought and déjà vu on the Rio São Francisco /\ Brian Harvey.
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Toronto :: ECW Press,, ©2008.
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1 online resource (xi, 376 pages) :: illustrations, maps, portraits
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1554903351
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: 1554908450
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: 9781554903351
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: 9781554908455
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1550228455
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9781550228458
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-376).
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| Contents
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pt. 1. Against the current -- pt. 2. Science, sex, sushi -- pt. 3. Velho Chico.
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| Abstract
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Shedding light on the misuse of science, this investigation presents an innovative form of environmental writing as one biologist searches for a solution that will save many fish species from life-threatening dams. His adventure takes him from a fisheries patrol boat on the Fraser River to the great Tsukiji fish market in Japan?with stops in the Philippines, Thailand, and assorted South American countries?and his quest finally culminates in the arid outback of northeast Brazil. Along the way, the author encounters many memorable characters, including a six-foot endangered catfish, a Canadian professor with a weakness for Thai bar girls, a chain-smoking Brazilian, and a drug-addled stick-up artist. This account portrays fishermen, fish farmers, and even fish cops in a new light, as well as scientists, shysters, and some very drunk, very hairy Brazilian men in thongs.
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Harvey, Brian J.
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Harvey, Brian J.,1948-
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Harvey, Brian J.
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Biologists-- Canada, Biography.
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Fisheries-- Environmental aspects.
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Stream conservation.
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Stream ecology.
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Biologistes-- Canada, Biographies.
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Cours d'eau-- Conservation.
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Écologie des cours d'eau.
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Pêches-- Aspect de l'environnement.
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Biologists.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Real Estate-- General.
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Fisheries-- Environmental aspects.
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NATURE-- Environmental Conservation Protection.
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Stream conservation.
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Stream ecology.
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São Francisco River (Minas Gerais-Alagoas and Sergipe, Brazil)
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São Francisco (Brésil : Fleuve)
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Brazil, São Francisco River (Minas Gerais-Alagoas and Sergipe)
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Canada.
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| Dewey Classification
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333.91/62
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QH541.5.S7H37 2008eb
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| Parallel Title
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Dams, drought and déjà vu on the Rio São Francisco
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