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245	0	4	_aThe Last extinction / _cedited by Les Kaufman and Kenneth Mallory.
260			_aCambridge, Mass. : _bPublished in cooperation with the New England Aquarium [by] the MIT Press, _c1986.
300			_aix, 208 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
500			_aBased on a public lecture series, "Extinction: saving the sinking ark," held in Boston at the New England Aquarium during fall 1984.
504			_aIncludes bibliographies and index.
505	0		_aWhy the ark is sinking / Les Kaufman -- Mass extinctions / David Jablonski -- The Amazon : paradise lost? / Ghillean T. Prance -- Vanishing species in our own backyard : extinct fish and wildlife of the United States and Canada / James D. Williams and Ronald M. Nowak -- Riders of the last ark : the role of captive breeding in conservation strategies / Thomas J. Foose -- Life in the next millennium : who will be left in earth's community? / David Ehrenfeld.
650		0	_aNature conservation _9365314
650		0	_aWildlife conservation _9128796
650		0	_aExtinction Biology _9323368
700	1	0	_aKaufman Les _9328696
700	1	0	_aMallory Kenneth _9328697
710	2	0	_aNew England Aquarium Corporation _9328695
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