Caulerpa Conquest: A Biological Eradication on the California Coast
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.10 (744 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1941799426 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 152 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Caulerpa Conquest is the true story of the 2000 to 2006 precedent-setting local eradication effort inspired by missed opportunities and lessons learned from the Mediterranean Sea. City staff planner, designated agency liaison, lagoon foundation president, and agent for continued creative outreach through 2015, Eric Noel Muñoz connects the dots from local lagoon waters to foreign coastlines, including Australia, New Zealand, Croatia, France, and Monaco.. Even tougher is fighting a mutant genetic clone of a natural counterpart on a marine coast. Rarely have global battles in the war on invasive species been successful. The first known Western Hemisphere detection of the invasive seaweed Caulerpa taxifolia occurred in Southern California, at San Diego County's Agua Hedionda Lagoon
"Environmental Literature's Newest Superstar Book" according to Robert L. Yehling. It started as an aquarium seaweed, but after someone dumped their tank into a Southern California lagoon, it became a menace that could have threatened the entire coastline. After all, Caulerpa taxifolia had decimated parts of the Mediterranean, and would later impact other parts of the world. But Carlsbad, Calif. became the first -- and only -- community to eradicate C. taxifolia, and one of its b. Amazing Environmental Story Mr. Munoz has told the story of an amazing effort of many community leaders as well as local, state and federal agencies to cooperate in a non-partisan effort to eradicate the so-called "killer algae" that unexpectedly showed up in a large tidal lagoon in Carlsbad, California. But for the efforts of the author and many others, the entire fishery along the California coast was saved from the devesta. Eric Munoz clearly explained just how close Carlsbad came to Greg Gutierrez Eric Munoz clearly explained just how close Carlsbad came to dodging an ecological bullet. In terms a non-scientist can understand Mr. Munoz takes us on a ride around the world and back explaining the process of the algae eradication. This book is for everyone who cares about keeping our oceans clear and healthy.