Environmental Assessment and Habitat Evaluation of the Upper Great Lakes Connecting Channels

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Biota of the St. Marys River: habitat evaluation and environmental assessment....Pages 1-35 Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in surficial sediments and caged mussels of the St. Marys River, 1985....Pages 37-62 Effects of pollution on benthic invertebrate communities of the St. Marys River, 1985....Pages 63-81 Use of a geographic information system data base to measure and evaluate wetland changes in the St. Marys River, Michigan....Pages 83-95 Limnological aspects of the St. Clair River....Pages 97-123 Distribution and abundance of young fish in the St. Clair River and associated waters, Ontario....Pages 125-134 Distribution and abundance of young fish in Chenal Ecarte and Chematogen Channel in the St. Clair River delta, Ontario....Pages 135-142 Environmental quality assessment of the St. Clair River as reflected by the distribution of benthic macroinvertebrates in 1985....Pages 143-164 Growth and overwinter survival of the Asiatic clam, Corbicula fluminea , in the St. Clair River, Michigan....Pages 165-170 Deformities in larval Procladius spp. and dominant Chironomini from the St. Clair River....Pages 171-185 Biota of Lake St. Clair: habitat evaluation and environmental assessment....Pages 187-202 The plankton ecology of Lake St. Clair, 1984....Pages 203-227 Plankton community structure in Lake St. Clair, 1984....Pages 229-237 Phosphorus cycling by mussels (Unionidae: Bivalvia) in Lake St. Clair....Pages 239-250 Biology of the exotic zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha , in relation to native bivalves and its potential impact in Lake St. Clair....Pages 251-268 The Detroit River: effects of contaminants and human activities on aquatic plants and animals and their habitats....Pages 269-279 Response of bacteria and phytoplankton to contaminated sediments from Trenton Channel, Detroit River....Pages 281-299 Tumors in fish from the Detroit River....Pages 301-306 Heavy metal contamination of sediments in the Upper Connecting Channels of the Great Lakes....Pages 307-315 Application of a microcomputer-based algal fluorescence technique for assessing toxicity: Lake St. Clair and St. Clair River examples....Pages 317-324 A method for evaluating the impact of navigationally induced suspended sediments from the Upper Great Lakes Connecting Channels on the primary productivity....Pages 325-332 Heavy metals in aquatic macrophytes drifting in a large river....Pages 333-344 Distribution of Hexagenia nymphs and visible oil in sediments of the Upper Great Lakes Connecting Channels....Pages 345-352 Production of Hexagenia limbata nymphs in contaminated sediments in the Upper Great Lakes Connecting Channels....Pages 353-361