Note: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Editorial - T. Edsall, M. Munawar -- Foreword - L. Pollack -- Physical and chemical regimes -- Physical, limnological and hydrological characteristics of Lake Michigan - D.J. Schwab, T.E. Croley II, W.M. Schertzer -- Lake Michigan paleolimnology - E.F. Stoermer -- Composition and accumulation of recent sediments in Lake Michigan - B.J. Eadie, J.A. Robbins -- Submerged terra incognita: Lake Michigan's abundant but unknown rocky zones - J. Janssen, M.B. Berg, S.J. Lozano -- Recent and long-term nutrient trends in Lake Michigan - G.J. Warren, R.G. Kreis -- Atrazine in the Lake Michigan ecosystem: Monitoring results from the Lake Michigan mass balance study - R.N. Brent, G.J. Warren -- Food-web -- A preliminary assessment of the planktonic food web in Lake Michigan - M. Munawar, I.F. Munawar, M. Fitzpatrick, D. Lynn -- The pelagic phytoplankton community of Lake Michigan, 1983 to 1999 - J.C. Makarewicz -- Crustacean zooplankton communities in Lake Michigan - R.P. Barbiero, L.L. Schacht, R.E. Little, M.L. Tuchman -- Recent trends in benthic macroinvertabrate communities in Lake Michigan - T.F. Nalepa, D.L. Fanslow, G.A. Lang, S.A. Ruberg -- Role of a lake-wide prey fish survey in understanding ecosystem dynamics and managing fisheries of Lake Michigan - C.P. Madenjian -- The uncoupling of trophic food webs by invasive species in Lake Michigan - D. Jude, J. Janssen, E. Stoermer -- Waterbirds -- The Double-crested Cormorant in Lake Michigan: A review of population trends, ecology and current management - N.E. Seefelt, J.C. Gillingham -- Bald eagles of Lake Michigan: Ecology and contaminants - C.R. Dykstra, M.W. Meyer, S. Postupalsky, K.L. Stromborg, D.K. Warnke, R.G. Eckstein. , Temporal and spatial trends of organochlorine contaminants in herring gull eggs from Lake Michigan, 1976-2002 - D.V.C. Weseloh, R.A. Faber, C. Pekarik -- Wetlands -- Lake Michigan wetlands: classification, concerns and management opportunities - D.A. Wilcox -- Lake Michigan's coastal wetlands: Distribution, biological components with emphasis on fish and threats - D. Jude, D. Albert, D.G. Uzarski, J. Brazner -- Distribution, classification and selection rationale of coastal wetlands in Lanke Michigan - T.P. Simon, R.L. Dufour, P.M. Stewart, M.L. Moffett -- Management and initiatives -- Developing indicators of ecosystem health - P. Bertram, C. Forst, P. Horvatin -- The state of Lake Michigan in 2000 and its linkage to the joint strategic plan for management of the Great Lakes - T.N. Trudeau -- A review of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) control in Lake Michigan, 1960-2001 - D.S. Lavis -- An initial, landscape-based information system for ecological assessment of Lake Michigan tributaries - P.W. Seelbach, M.J. Wiley -- Protecting visitor health in beach waters of Lake Michigan: Problems and opportunities - M.B. Nevers, R.L. Whitman -- Summary and synthesis -- Epilogue - T. Edsall, M. Munawar.

Note: Intro -- Volume 1 -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Preface -- Salutation - J. R. Vallentyne -- Foreword - C. S. Reynolds -- Chapter 1. Introduction, Techniques, and Procedures -- Chapter 2. Lake Ontario: Phytoplankton Composition -- Chapter 3. Lake Ontario: Phytoplankton Parameters and Ecological Implications -- Chapter 4. Lake Erie: Phytoplankton Composition -- Chapter 5. Lake Erie: Phytoplankton Parameters and Ecological Implications -- Chapter 6. Lake St. Clair: Phytoplankton Composition, Parameters and Ecological Implications -- Taxonomic Index -- Volume 2 -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Preface (from Volume 1) -- Preface -- Salutation - R. A. Vollenweider -- Foreword - C. S. Reynolds -- Acknowledgment of the Copyright -- Chapter 1. Lake Superior: Phytoplankton Composition, Parameters, and Ecological Implications -- Chaper 2. Lake Michigan: Phytoplankton Composition, Parameters, and Ecological Implications -- Chaper 3. North Channel: Phytoplankton Composition, Parameters, and Ecological Implications -- Chaper 4. Georgian Bay: Phytoplankton Composition, Parameters, and Ecological Implications -- Chaper 5. Lake Huron: Phytoplankton Composition, Parameters, and Ecological Implications -- Chapter 6. Phytoplankton Dynamics in the North American Great Lakes: Synthesis and Summary -- Taxonomic Index -- Subject Index.

Note: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Editorial - M. Munawar -- Preface - E. Mills -- Foreword - J. Leach -- Physical and Chemical Regime -- Physical limnology and hydrometeorological characteristics of Lake Ontario with consideration of climate impacts - W.M. Schertzer -- Sedimentary environment of Lake Ontario: Geologic setting, sediment processes, and related environmental issues -- Long-term seasonal and spatial trends in nutrients, chlorophyll a and light attenuation in Lake Ontario - E.S. Millard, O.E. Johannsson, M.A. Nielson, A.H. El-Shaarawi -- Base of the Food-web -- Assessing the microbial food web structure in Lake Ontario - M. Munawar, M. Legner, I.F. Munawar -- Abundance, biomass, and diversity of planktonic ciliates (Ciliophora) in Lake Ontario - D.H. Lynn, M. Munawar, S. Carou, H. Niblock, P. Humby-Searle -- Changes in phytoplankton community structure and primary production of Lake Ontario - M. Munawar, I.F. Munawar -- A history of changes in zooplankton community structure and function in Lake Ontario: Responses to whole-lake remediation and exotic invasions - O.E. Johannsson -- Mysis relicta in Lake Ontario: Population dynamics, trophic linkages and further questions - O.E. Johannsson, L.G. Rudstam, G. Gal, E.L. Mills -- A comparison of egg ratio and optical plankton counter methodologies for estimating zooplankton production: Spatial and temporal trends in Lake Ontario 1991-1997 - T.J. Morris, W.G. Sprules -- Disruption of the benthic community in Lake Ontario - S.J. Lozano, T.F. Nalepa -- Changes in the benthic fauna of Lake Ontario 1990-1995, with local trends after 1981 - R. Dermott, M. Geminiuc -- Fish Community dynamics -- Fish community dynamics of Lake Ontario: Long term trends in the fish populations of eastern Lake Ontario and the Bay of Quinte - J.M. Casselman, K.A. Scott. , Spatial and temporal structure in fish distributions: A Lake Ontario case study - L.M. Kracker, L. Zhou, J.M. Jech, J.K. Horne, J.A. Tyler, S.B. Brandt -- The offshore fish community in southern Lake Ontario, 1972-1998 - R.W. Owens, R. O'Gorman, T.H. Eckert, B.F. Lantry -- Biological structure and dynamics of fish assemblages in tributaries of eastern Lake Ontario - J.E. McKenna, Jr. -- Resurgence and decline of lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) stocks in eastern Lake Ontario, 1972 to 1999 - J.A. Hoyle, J.M. Casselman, R. Dermott, T. Schaner -- A review of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) restoration in Lake Ontario from an early life history perspective - J. Fitzsimons, B. Lantry, R. O'Gorman -- The recreational boat fishery for salmonids in Lake Ontario 1985-1995 - T.J. Stewart, J.R. Bowlby, M. Rawson, T.H. Eckert -- Invasion of Exotics -- Biological invasions in Lake Ontario: Past, present and future - I.C. Duggan, S.A. Bailey, R.I. Colautti, D.K. Gray, J.C. Makarewicz, H.J. MacIsaac -- The ecology and impact of the invasion of Lake Ontario by the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) and quagga mussel (D. bugensis) - T.L. Negley, E.L. Mills, B. Baldwin, R. O'Gorman, R.W. Owens -- Influence of Dreissena on the benthos and primary production in Lakes Ontario and Erie - R. Dermott, M. Munawar -- Contaminants -- Monitoring Lake Ontario's waterbirds: contaminants in Herring Gull eggs and population changes in the Lake's nearly 1,000,000 colonial waterbirds - D.V.C. Weseloh, C. Pekarik, R. Joos, J.F. Farquhar, J.L. Shutt, T. Havelka, I. Mazzocchi, G. Barrett, R. McCullough, R. L. Miller, A. Mathers -- Subject Index.

Note: Front cover -- Editor's Note -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contributors -- Contents -- chapter one -- Toxicity tests for sediment quality assessments -- Contents -- Introduction -- The need for toxicity tests in sediment quality assessments -- Assessment approaches -- Tiered testing approaches -- Applications of sediment toxicity tests -- Sediment sampling -- Sample design -- Sample collection, processing, transport, and storage -- Sample manipulation -- Recommended procedures for both freshwater and marine test organisms -- Interpretation -- Laboratory versus field exposures: what is the ecological relevance? -- Future research recommendations -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Appendix -- Toxicity tests for sediment quality assessments -- Freshwater test organisms -- Hyalella azteca -- Chironomus riparius -- Marine test organisms -- Ampelisca abdita -- Microtox -- References -- chapter two -- Bioassays and tiered approaches for monitoring surface water quality and effluents -- Contents -- Summary -- Introduction -- Limitations of the chemical-oriented approach -- Bioassays -- Assessment of surface water quality -- Assessment of effluents -- Bioassays for the assessment of surface water quality -- Bioassay types for effluent monitoring and assessment -- Genotoxicity or mutagenicity -- Bioaccumulation -- Toxicity -- Standardized tests -- Nonstandardized tests -- Validity criteria -- Pretreatment of effluents -- Turbidity -- Aeration -- Adjustment of pH -- Effluent sampling -- Tiered approaches for the assessment of effluent toxicity -- The Netherlands -- Germany -- United Kingdom -- United States -- Conclusions -- Surface water -- Effluents -- References -- Appendix -- Regulatory test batteries -- Freshwater acute tests using fish -- Freshwater acute tests using invertebrates -- Daphnia immobilization test -- Gammarid toxicity test. , Toxicity tests with rotifers -- Toxicity tests with protozoans -- Freshwater acute tests using bacteria -- Activated sludge respiration inhibition test -- Nitrification inhibition test -- Vibrio fischeri toxicity test -- Freshwater short-term chronic tests -- Early life stage (ELS) fish toxicity test -- Ceriodaphnia dubia survival and reproduction test -- Chronic rotifer toxicity test -- Pseudomonas putida growth inhibition test -- Vibrio fischeri growth inhibition test -- Anaerobic bacteria inhibition test -- Growth inhibition of activated sludge microorganisms -- Algal growth inhibition test -- Lemna toxicity test -- Freshwater long-term chronic tests -- Chronic fish toxicity test -- Daphnia magna reproduction test -- Renewal toxicity test with ceriodaphnia dubia -- Chronic toxicity test with higher plants -- Marine acute tests using fish -- Marine acute tests using invertebrates -- Marine copepod toxicity test -- Mysid shrimp toxicity test -- Oyster toxicity test (shell deposition) -- Toxicity tests with rotifers -- Toxicity tests with protozoans -- Marine acute tests using bacteria -- Vibrio fischeri assay -- Marine short-term chronic tests -- Bivalve embryo-larval development toxicity test -- Marine algae growth inhibition test -- Early life stage fish toxicity test -- Marine long-term chronic tests -- Mysid shrimp toxicity test -- Tisbe battagiai population level test -- Genotoxicity tests -- Ames assay -- UmuC assay -- Chromosomal aberration -- Biodegradation and sorption tests -- Sorption to activated sludge -- Sorption to solids and sediments -- Removal by evaporation -- Zahn-Wellens test -- Treatment plant simulation model -- Elimination of biological effects -- References -- chapter three -- Biomarkers in environmental assessment -- Contents -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Biomarkers overview -- Phase I biotransformation enzymes. , Phase II biotransformation enzymes -- Oxidative stress parameters -- Biotransformation products -- Stress proteins, metallothioneins, and multixenobiotic resistance -- Hematological parameters -- Immunological parameters -- Reproductive and endocrine parameters -- Neuromuscular parameters -- Genotoxic parameters -- Physiological and morphological parameters -- Proteomics and genomics -- Invertebrate biomarkers -- Phase I enzymes -- Oxidative stress -- Stress proteins, metallothioneins, and multixenobiotic resistance -- Reproductive and endocrine parameters -- Neuromuscular parameters -- Genotoxic parameters -- Physiological and morphological parameters -- Fish biomarkers -- Phase I enzymes -- Phase II enzymes -- Oxidative stress parameters -- Biotransformation products -- Stress proteins, metallothioneins, and MXR -- Reproductive and endocrine parameters -- Neuromuscular parameters -- Genotoxic parameters -- Physiological and morphological parameters -- Amphibian biomarkers -- Phase I enzymes -- Phase II enzymes -- Oxidative stress -- Hematological parameters -- Stress proteins -- Reproduction and endocrine parameters -- Neuromuscular parameters -- Physiological and morphological parameters -- Mammalian and avian biomarkers -- Phase I enzymes -- Phase II enzymes -- Hematological parameters -- Stress proteins and metallothioneins -- Endocrine parameters -- Neuromuscular parameters -- Morphological and histological parameters -- Summary, discussion, and conclusions -- Invertebrates -- Fish -- Amphibians -- Birds and mammals -- Perspectives and recommendations -- References -- Appendix 1 -- Overview of all biomarker assays -- Appendix 2 -- Standard operating procedures of biomarker assays -- SOP 1: Isolation of microsomes and cytosol from liver tissues -- Solutions -- Further requirements -- Needed per sample -- Procedure. , SOP 2: EROD activity in liver microsomes -- Principle -- Solutions -- Further requirements -- Needed per determination (duplo) -- Procedure -- Calculations -- SOP 3: Cyt P-450 and Cyt b5 Contents of Liver Microsomes -- Principle -- Solutions -- Further requirements -- Needed per determination (duplo) -- Procedure for cyt b5 -- Procedure for cyt P-450 -- Calculations -- SOP 4: GST Activity of Liver Cytosol -- Principle -- Solutions -- Further requirements -- Needed per determination (duplo) -- Procedure -- Calculations -- SOP 5: SOD Activity in Liver Cytosol -- Principle -- Solutions -- Further requirements -- Needed per determination (duplo) -- Procedure -- Calculations -- SOP 6: ACHE Activity in Tissue Homogenates -- Principle -- Solutions -- Further requirements -- Needed per determination (triplicates in microplate method) -- Procedure -- Calculations -- SOP 7: Lysosomal Membrane Stability in Cells -- Principle -- Solutions and chemicals -- Further requirements -- Procedure -- Interpretation of results -- chapter four -- Molecular methods for gene expression analysis: ecotoxicological applications -- Contents -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Gene expression methods -- Discovering differences in gene expression analysis: suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) -- Rapid gene-expression analysis of a limited number of genes: real-time PCR -- Microarray analysis -- Future developments: pitfalls and recommendations -- References -- chapter five -- Bioassays and biosensors: capturing biology in a nutshell -- Contents -- Introduction -- History -- Bioassays and biosensors -- Definitions -- Bioassays -- In vivo bioassays -- In vitro bioassays -- Transgenic animals -- Biosensors -- Biological recognition elements -- Transducers -- Biological endpoints -- Complementary and integrative technologies -- Validation and application -- Future perspectives. , Summary -- References -- chapter six -- Satellite remote sensing in marine ecosystem assessments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Background -- History and relevance of ocean color -- Key satellite-mounted sensors -- Ocean color products -- Chlorophyll and primary productivity -- Optically complex coastal waters (Case 2 waters) -- Environmental issues and applications -- Global scale phenomena: biogeochemical cycles, climate change, and El Niño southern oscillation -- Regional seas: mesoscale processes and biological variability -- Coastal zones: human activity and ecosystem health -- Water quality -- Algal blooms -- Fisheries -- Case study: marine algal blooms in coastal waters off southeast Australia -- Management issues -- Developing a predictive understanding using remote sensed data -- Noctiluca bloom: January 1998 -- Trichodesmium bloom: March and April 1998 -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- chapter seven -- Risk perception and public communication of aquatic ecosystem assessment information -- Contents -- Introduction -- Risk perception -- Risk perception and aquatic ecosystem assessment -- Aquatic ecosystem assessment communication -- Audience analysis -- Interacting with the public -- Communicating results of aquatic ecosystem assessments -- Pretesting message effectiveness -- Emphasizing the relevance of results -- Data framing -- Graphic and visual representations of data -- Uncertainty discussion -- Conclusions -- Summary -- References -- chapter eight -- Ecotoxicological testing of marine and freshwater ecosystems: synthesis and recommendations -- Contents -- Application of toxicity tests -- Application of biomarkers -- Biomarkers in combination with bioassays -- Biomarkers in tiered approaches -- Biomarkers linked with chemical analysis -- Biomarkers as diagnostic tools -- New technologies -- Remote sensing. , Risk perception.

Note: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Editorial - M. Munawar -- Welcome - M. Kumagai, M. Munawar, T. Murphy -- Foreword - U. Borgmann -- Overview of Bioassessment and Management of Sediments -- A tiered, weight-of-evidence approach for evaluating aquatic ecosystems - G.A. Burton, Jr., C.D. Rowland, M.S. Greenberg, D.R. Lavoie, J.F. Nordstrom, L. M. Eggert -- Assessing metal impacts in sediments: key questions and how to answer them - U. Borgmann -- Canadian application of bioassays for environmental management: a review - C. Blaise -- Eutrophication control by sediment treatment: Common assumptions and misconceptions - T.P. Murphy, M. Kumagai, K. Ishikawa -- Monitoring Sediment Contamination: Spatial and Temporal trends -- Contaminated sediment in the Buffalo River Area of Concern -historical trends and current conditions - K.N. Irvine, K.M. Frothingham, M.C. Rossi, S. Pickard, J. Atkinson, T. Bajak -- Heavy metals in the burrowing bivalve (Solen Strictus) from tidal flats along the western coast of South Korea - G-S. Hwang, H-S. Shin, K. Kim, S-K. Yeo, J-S. Kim -- Assessment of chlorinated organic pollutants in the sediments of acoastal area of the Tyrrhenian Sea (Ombrone River-Italy): a case-study of multivariate approach for marine sediment characterisation - A. M. Cicero, M. G. Finoia, M. Gabellini, E. Pietrantonio, G. Romanelli, E. Romano -- Geochemical and surface properties of river sediments in Eastern China - J. Chen, F. Wang, Y. Zhang -- Monitoring of concentrations of heavy metals in water, sediment and fish in the river Ganga, India - M.A. Khan, R.S. Panwar, A.K. Mathur, R.. Jetly -- Bioavailability, Toxicity, Risk Assessment and Treatment -- Multi-trophic bioassessment of stressed "Areas of Concern" of the Lake Erie watershed - M. Munawar, I.F. Munawar, M. Burley, S. Carou, H. Niblock. , Contamination in intertidal areas: Risks of increased bioavailability - P.J. den Besten -- Laboratory assay of TNT (2,4,6-trinitro-toluene) fate and toxicity in seawater and sediment - G. Dave, E. Nilsson -- Field test of ammunition (TNT) dumping in the ocean - G. Dave -- Weakly-bound metals and total nutrient concentrations of bulk sediments from some water reservoirs in Sao Paulo State, Brazil - A.A. Mozeto, P.F. Silvério, F.C.F. DePaula, J.E. Bevilacqua, E. Patella, W. de F. Jardim -- Influence of sea cucumber on sediment improvement in a closed aquatic environment - K. Kurata, Y. Kozuki, M. Kitano, K. Otsuka, H. Murakami -- Decomposition of organotin compounds in dredged material from harbours by means of an electrochemical process - H. Stichnothe, W. Calmano -- Sediment-Water Interactions and Eutrophication -- Spatial and temporal trends in chlorophyll a, nutrients, and sediment in relation to avian mortality, Whitewater Lake, Manitoba, Canada - K.N. Irvine, T.P. Murphy, T. Tang, L.M. Greer, D. Walters -- Surface water recruitment of bloom-forming cyanobacteria from deep water sediments of Lake Biwa, Japan - K. Ishikawa, S. Tsujimura, M. Kumagai, H. Nakahara -- Effects of palaeoclimate on chemical and mechanical erosions in watershed recorded in lake sediments: The case of Daihai Lake (Northern China) - Z. Jin, S. Wang, J. Shen, F. Li, X. Lu -- Estimation of phosphorus flux between bottom sediments and the water column in a shallow reservoir - K. Amano, J. Li, H. Suzuki, Y. Yasuda -- The effects of sediment resuspension on phosphate release from sediment into the water column - J. Li, K. Amano, Y. Yasuda -- A physico-ecological engineering system to reduce the eutrophication in Wulihu Bay, Taihu Lake, China. - C. Hu, W. Hu, J. Qian, P. Pu.