The occurrence of emerging contaminants (ECs), such as pharmaceuticals and personal
care products (PPCPs), perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and …

As the most widely distributed freshwater fish worldwide, common carp Cyprinus carpio can
be either invasive or “naturalized” in most areas of introduction. This leads to different levels …

Wetland assessment tools are being developed and employed in wetland monitoring and
conservation based on physical, chemical and biological characterization. In wetland …

We collected water quality, land use, and aquatic macrophyte information from 62 coastal
and inland wetlands in the Great Lakes basin and found that species richness and …

Significant ecosystem services derive from the coastal wetlands of the Laurentian Great
Lakes even though two-thirds of the original coastal wetlands have been lost since …

The invasive round goby, Neogobius melanostomus, consumes eggs and fry of other fishes,
competes for resources with native fish species, and hence poses a threat to Great Lakes …

Recent interest in biological monitoring as an ecosystem assessment tool has stimulated the
development of a number of biotic indices designed to aid in the evaluation of ecosystem …

Turbidity in aquatic systems can change rapidly, affecting the visual ability of predators.
Increased turbidity is known to reduce the reactive distance and foraging success of some …

Indices have been developed with invertebrates, fish, and water quality parameters to detect
the impact of human disturbance on coastal wetlands, but a macrophyte index of fish habitat …

We present water quality data from 58 coastal wetlands, sampled as part of a larger effort
investigating effects of nutrient enrichment and habitat disruption in the Laurentian Great …