Table of Contents

Preface
M. Munawar, T.A. Edsall & I.F. Munawar.

Foreword: The state of Lake Erie
C.E. Herdendorf.

Preface
J.R. Vallentyne.

Henry A. Regier: A biography
A.P. Zimmerman, B.J. Shuter, D.A. Jackson.

Joseph H. Leach: A biography
S.J. Nepszy.


The changing ecosystem

Lake Erie: passages revisited.
J.H. Leach.

Potential climate change impacts on Lake Erie.
F.H. Quinn, T.E. Croley II.

Physical limnological characteristics of Lake Erie and implications of climate changes.
W.M. Schertzer.

Sedimentary environment of western Lake Erie: geologic setting, sediment distribution and anthopogenic effects.
N. Rasul, J.P. Coakly, R. Pippert.

Time resolution of downcore chemical changes in Lake Erie sediments.
G. Matisoff.

Lake Erie in transition: the 90's.
M.N. Charlton, R. Le Sage.

The changing phytoplankton biomass and its composition in Lake Erie: A lake wide comparative analysis.
M. Munawar , I.F. Munawar.

Abundance, biomass and diversity of planktonic ciliates (ciliophora) of Lake Erie.
D. Lynn, M. Munawar.

Historical and recent changes in the Lake Erie zooplankton community and their relationship to ecosystem function.
O.E. Johannsson, D.M. Graham, D.W.E. Einhouse, E.L. Mills.

Changes in the bottom fauna of western Lake Erie.
B.A. Manny, D.W. Schloesser. O.E. Johannsson, D.M. Graham, D.W.E. Einhouse, E. L. Mills.

Burrowing mayflies in Lake Erie - a review.
T.A. Edsall, C.P. Madenjian, B.A. Manny.

The changing fishery regime in Lake Erie.
S.J. Nepszy.

Recent trends in eastern Lake Erie fish stocks within a changing trophic state and food web (1980-1994).
P.A. Ryan, L.D. Witzel, J.R. Paine, M.J. Freeman, M. Hardy, K.L. Sztramko.

Consumption of rainbow smelt by walleye and salmonine fishes in the eastern Lake Erie.
D.W.E. Einhouse, M.T. Bur, F.C. Cornelius, R. Kenyon, C.P. Madenjian, P.S. Rand, K.L. Sztramko, L.D. Witzel.


Invasion of exotics

Biological invasions in Lake Erie: past, present and future.
H.J. MacIsaac.

Effects of dreissenid mussels on nitrogen and phosphorus in north shore waters of Lake Erie.
K.H. Nicholls, S.J. Standke.

Growth and condition of juvenile yellow (Perca flavescens) and white perch (Morone americana) during zebra musel establishment in western Lake Erie (1988-91).
D.M. Graham, W.G. Sprules, S.J. Nepszy.

Has the invasion of dreissenid mussels affected the colonial fish-eating birds on Lake Erie?
P.J. Ewins, N.A. Mahony, D.V. Weseloh, H. Blokpoel.

An assessment of food-web changes in eastern Lake Erie: impact of Dreissena spp. and phosphorous management on rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax.
R. Dermott, M. Munawar, L. Witzel, P.A. Ryan.


Contaminants

Patterns of organic contaminant distribution in the food web of the western basin of Lake Erie
G.D. Haffner, S.E. Koslowski.

Contaminant levels in herring gull eggs from Lake Erie and the Detroit and Niagara Rivers: change-point regression analysis, 1974 to 1996.
J. Di Maio, C. Pekarik, D.V. Weseloh.


Emerging approaches and Techniques

Probing microbial food web structure in Lake Erie.
M. Munawar, I. F. Munawar, T. Weisse, H. van Stam, M. Fitzpatrick, J. Lorimer , C. Wenghofer, S. Carou

Comparison of phytoplankton photosynthesis using C14 -incubator techniques and numerical modelling in Lakes Erie, Ontario, the Bay of Quinte and the Northwest Ontario Lake Size Series.
E.S. Millard, E.J. Fee, D.D. Myles, J.A. Dahl.

Stable isotopic compositions of archived walleye (Stizostedion vitreum) tissues as a measure of historical changes in the food web dynamics of the western basin of Lake Erie
R.M. Kiriluk, D.M. Whittle, R.W. Russell, G. Cabana, J. B. Rasmussen.

A method for quantifying the supply of suitable habitat for fish stocks in Lake Erie.
C.K. Minns, C.N. Bakelaar.

A theoretical analysis of food web constraints on walleye dynamics in Lake Erie.
A.B. Locci, J.F. Koonce.

An ecosystemic two phase attractor approach to Lake Erie ecology.
J.J. Kay H.A. Regier.