Table of Contents

Foreword
H.A Regier

Preface
J.F. Kitchell

Editorial

Dedication

Physical and chemical regimes:

An Overview of the Characteristics of Lake Superior Meteorology, Hydrology and Physical Limnology
W. Schertzer, Y. R. Rao

Contemporary Lake Superior ice cover climatology
R.A. Assel

The effects of isostatic rebound and lake level on Lake Superior revealed through GIS: visualizing landscape evolution
K.P. Norton

Nutrient Cycling in Lake Superior: A Retrospective and Update
N.R. Urban

Carbon Cycling in Lake Superior: A Regional and Ecosystem Perspective
N.R. Urban

Lake Superior Mining and the Proposed Mercury Zero-discharge Region
W.C. Kerfoot, J. Jeong, J.A. Robbins

Nutrient variability in Lake Superior coastal wetlands: the role of land use and hydrology.
J.A. Morrice, A.S. Trebitz, J.R. Kelly, A.M. Cotter, M.L. Knuth

Modeling contaminant behaviour in Lake Superior: A comparison of PCBs, PBDEs and mercury
M.D. Rowe, J.A. Perlinger, N.R. Urban

Food web dynamics:

The base of the food web at the top of the Great Lakes: Structure and function of the microbial food web of Lake Superior
M. Munawar, I. F. Munawar, M. Fitzpatrick, H. Niblock, J. Lorimer

Phytoplankton communities of Lake Superior 2001: Changing species composition and biodiversity of a pristine ecosystem
I.F. Munawar, M. Munawar

Metacommunity Perspective on Zooplanktonic Communities in Lake Superior
W.C. Kerfoot, J.W. Budd, J.H. Churchill, C. Chen

Trends in Spring Crustacean Zooplankton Communities of Lake Superior: Evidence of Planktivory by Lake Herring
O.T. Gorman, L.M. Evrard, M.H. Hoff, J.H. Selgeby

Spatial patterns of water quality and plankton from high-resolution continuous in situ sensing along a 537-km nearshore transect of western Lake Superior, 2004
P.M. Yurista, J.R. Kelly

Status of benthic macroinvertebrates in southern nearshore Lake Superior, 1994-2003
J. Scharold, S.J. Lozano, T.D. Corry

Changes in the Lake Superior fish community during 1978-2003: Chronicling the recovery of a native fauna
O.T. Gorman, M.H. Hoff

Western Lake Superior benthic fish community structure during the summers of 1972-1995
M.H. Hoff

Community structure and trends in abundance of breeding birds in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Wisconsin
M.H. Hoff, J. Van Stappen

Colonial nesting waterbirds in the Canadian and U.S. waters of Lake Superior: patterns in colony distribution and breeding population numbers (1976-2000)
R.D. Morris, D.V.C. Weseloh, C. Pekarik

Trophic linkages in the Lake Superior food web: A synthesis of empirical and modelling studies 1970-2003
T.B. Johnson

Fish Fauna of Lake Superior: Past, Present and Future
N.E. Mandrak