Lake Ontario Ecosystem: Status and Future Directions
Editorial
M. Munawar
Preface
Mohiuddin Munawar, Lars Rudstam & Marten Koops
Lake Ontario water quality during the 2003 and 2008 intensive field years and comparison with long-term trends
K. T. Holeck, L. G. Rudstam, J. M. Watkins, F. J. Luckey, J. R. Lantry, B. F. Lantry, E. S. Trometer, M. A. Koops & T. B. Johnson
Spatial extent and dissipation of the deep chlorophyll layer in Lake Ontario during the Lake Ontario lower foodweb assessment, 2003 and 2008
J. M. Watkins, B. C. Weidel, L. G. Rudstam & K. T. Holeck
The phytoplankton community of Lake Ontario in 2008: Structure, biodiversity and long term changes
M. Munawar, I. F. Munawar, M. Fitzpatrick, H. Niblock & J. Lorimer
Lake Ontario zooplankton in 2003 and 2008: Community changes and vertical redistribution
L. G. Rudstam, K. T. Holeck, K. L. Bowen, J. M. Watkins, B. C. Weidel & F. J. Luckey
Abundance and spatial distribution of Mysis diluviana in Lake Ontario in 2008 estimated with 120 kHz hydroacoustic surveys and net tows
James M. Watkins, Lars G. Rudstam, Michael J. Connerton, Ted Schaner, Per G. Rudstam & Kelly L. Bowen
Long-term trends in Lake Ontario’s benthic macroinvertebrate community from 1994–2008
K. Birkett, S. J. Lozano & L. G. Rudstam
The Lake Ontario ecosystem: An overview of current status and future directions
M. A. Koops, M. Munawar & L. G. Rudstam
Contributed Articles
Ambiguous influences of omnivorous fish on trophic cascade and alternative states: Implications for biomanipulation from an ecological model
Junmin Li, Ping Huang, Zhuangming Zhao & Renduo Zhang
Periphyton responses to nitrogen and phosphorus enrichment of shallow lake systems dominated by submerged plants: A mesocosm study
Xueying Mei & Xiufeng Zhang
Bioaccumulation and dietary exposure of the Red-Crowned Cranes (Grus japonensis) to arsenic in Zhalong Wetland, northeastern China
Jinming Luo, Yajie Ye & Xiongrui Yin