Recent Acquisitions September 2006

Subject	Call No. and Title

Aquaculture
	281437 Pillay, T. V. R. and M. N. Kutty. Aquaculture: Principles and Practices. 2nd ed. Oxford; Ames, Iowa: Blackwell Pub., 2005. Covering all aspects of subsistence and commercial aquaculture as practiced across the globe, this fully revised edition from two leading world authorities in the field covers both principles and practices. It covers in detail recent developments in: history and planning; nutrition; reproduction and genetic selection; production statistics and economics; integrated aquaculture; and sustainability and environmental effects.

	281438 Engle, Carole R. and Kwamena Quagrainie. Aquaculture Marketing Handbook. Ames, Iowa: Blackwell Pub. Professional, 2006. The Aquaculture Marketing Handbook provides the reader with information regarding aquaculture economics, markets, and marketing. In addition, this volume also contains an extensive annotated bibliography and webliography that provide descriptions of key additional sources of information. Useful for both the experienced aquaculture professional and those new to the field.

	281439 Lucas, John S. and Paul C. Southgate, eds. Aquaculture: Farming Aquatic Animals and Plants. Oxford: Fishing News Books, 2003. This book covers all major aspects of the aquaculture of fish, shellfish and algae in freshwater and marine environments. Subject areas include water quality and environmental impacts of aquaculture, desert aquaculture, reproduction, life cycles and growth, genetics and stock improvement, nutrition and feed production, diseases, post-harvest technology and processing, economics and marketing. The second part of the text is devoted to the culture of different species.

	281440 Lutz, Charles Gregory. Practical Genetics for Aquaculture. Oxford; Malden, Mass.: Fishing News Books, 2001. Lutz provides reviews of the fundamental theory and examples of practical applications for numerous aspects of genetic improvement in aquaculture. While new molecular techniques hold great promise for application in commercial aquaculture in the future, most aquaculture currently takes place under practical and often challenging conditions. Tremendous gains could be realized through the application of more traditional and practical approaches to genetic improvement.

	281441 Scarfe, A. David, Cheng-Sheng Lee and Patricia J. O’Bryen, eds. Aquaculture Biosecurity: Prevention, Control, and Eradication of Aquatic Animal Disease. Ames, Iowa: Blackwell Pub. Professional, 2006. Aquaculture loses millions of dollars in revenue annually due to aquatic animal diseases. As a result, aquaculture biosecurity programs that address aquatic animal pathogens and diseases have become an important focus for the aquaculture industry. With contributions from renowned international experts, this book is a vital reference for those concerned about protecting aquaculture from impacts of aquatic animal disease.

	281442 Beveridge, Malcolm C. M., ed. Cage Aquaculture. 3rd ed. Oxford; Ames, Iowa: Blackwell Pub. Professional, 2004. Cages are the most important system for producing farmed salmon, sea bass, sea bream, yellowtail and tuna. They are relatively inexpensive, require no access to land, and offer tremendous flexibility to aquaculture farmers in terms of production. This fully updated, expanded, and revised third edition incorporates the major developments in the aquaculture industry, including the ever-increasing market for farmed salmon

	281443 Costa-Pierce, Barry A., ed. Ecological Aquaculture: The Evolution of the Blue Revolution. Oxford; Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Science, 2002. The aim of this important and thought-provoking book is to stimulate discussion among aquaculture's modern scientific, education and extension communities concerning the principles, practices and policies needed to develop ecologically and socially sustainable aquaculture systems worldwide. Ecological Aquaculture provides fascinating and valuable insights into primitive (and often sustainable) culture systems, and ties these to modern large-scale aquaculture systems.

Climatic changes
	030778 Flannery, Tim F. The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth. 1st American ed. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2005. The Weather Makers is both an urgent warning and a call to arms, outlining the history of climate change, how it will unfold over the next century, and what we can do to prevent a cataclysmic future.

Cookery
	271362 McKenna, P. K. Ships of the Great Lakes Cookbook: Discover Their Culinary Legends. Eastport, Mich.: Creative Characters Publishing Group, 2001. Discover the history of 40 ships that sail or have sailed the Great Lakes including tall ships, freighters, Coast Guard vessels and passenger ships. Then meet the men and women responsible for the more than 400 recipes featured in this volume of Great Lakes culinary delights.

Ferries -- Great Lakes
	191115 Hilton, George Woodman. The Great Lakes Car Ferries. Davenport, Iowa: Montevallo Historical Press, 2003. There was a period in the United States when the best way to move railroad cars across bodies of water was to load them on specialized ships designed for that purpose. Long regarded as a classic, The Great Lakes Car Ferries tells the story of these boats and of the hardworking and heroic men who battled mechanical problems, ice, and bad weather to get the cars safely across the water. This is a reprinting of the original 1962 volume that contains corrections to the text and newly-written addenda.

Invasive plants
	290246 Czarapata, Elizabeth J. Invasive Plants of the Upper Midwest: An Illustrated Guide to Their Identification and Control. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2005. An informative, colorful, comprehensive guide to invasive species that are currently endangering native habitats in the region. Winner of the Wisconsin Council on Invasive Species 2005 Invader Crusader Award.

Marine resources conservation
	281436 Safina, Carl. Song for the Blue Ocean: Encounters Along the World's Coasts and Beneath the Seas. 1st ed. New York: Henry Holt, 1998. The author's personal narrative takes us on a global journey of discovery along the world's coasts, islands, reefs and deep ocean. Scientist and fisherman Carl Safina shows us how over-exploitation of the oceans differs little from the rapacious nineteenth-century plunder that destroyed the buffalo. But he also tells inspiring and hopeful stories of the sea's revival and replenishment.

Schooners
	191116 Karamanski, Theodore J. and Chicago Maritime Society. Schooner Passage: Sailing Ships and the Lake Michigan Frontier. Great Lakes Books. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, in association with the Chicago Maritime Society, 2000. Karamanski tells the stories of the men and women who sailed on the schooners during the 19th and early 20th centuries, their labor issues and strikes, the role of the schooner in the maritime economy along the Lake Michigan basin, and the factors that led to the eventual demise of the schooner.

Ships -- Great Lakes
	191117 LeLievre, Roger. Know Your Ships: Guide to Boats & Boatwatching Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Seaway. 47th ed. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.: Marine Pub. Co, 2006. The 47th annual edition of this popular boatwatching guide includes everything ship fans need to know about the vessels sailing the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway. Find complete data on more than 2,000 U.S., Canadian and International-flag cargo vessels, tugs, excursion boats and barges in regular Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway service, including owner and port of registry, year built, length, beam, depth, type of engine (including manufacturer, horsepower and top speed for major Great Lakes and Seaway vessels), cargo capacity and former names.

Striped bass fishing
	281435 Russell, Dick. Striper Wars: An American Fish Story. Washington: Island Press/Shearwater Books, 2005. When commercial overfishing sent striped bass populations into free fall in the 1980s, Dick Russell emerged as a key spokesman in a long-shot crusade by dedicated fishermen to save them. Striper Wars is Russell’s vibrant account of their thrilling, yet tenuous victory, complete with heroes and villains.

Surfing
	220296 Strazz, P. L. Surfing the Great Lakes. Expanded 2nd ed. Chicago: Big Lauter Tun Books, 2004. This is a book about surfing on Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario. Written by surfers from the U.S. and Canada, it recaps the nearly 40-year history of catching waves on the Great Lakes and explains how, why, when and where it's done.

Sustainable development
	201079 2006 World Watch Institute. State of the World 2006. New York: W.W Norton and Co., 2006. This year, Worldwatch Institute's annual State of the World report provides a special focus on China and India, examining the global impact as these two nations join the United States and Europe as major consumers of resources and polluters of local and global ecosystems.

Water-supply
	130566 Pearce, Fred. When the Rivers Run Dry: Water, the Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century. Boston: Beacon Press, 2006. Researched in more than thirty countries, When the Rivers Run Dry is our most complete portrait yet of the growing world water crisis. Deftly weaving together the complicated scientific, economic, and historical dimensions of the crisis, Pearce shows us its complex origins, from waste to wrong-headed engineering projects to high-yield crop varieties that have kept developing countries from starvation but are now emptying their water reserves.

sELECTED RECENT ACQUISITIONS - September 2006