Lake Erie supplies drinking water to more than 11 million consumers, processes millions of
gallons of wastewater, provides important species habitat and supports a substantial …

This opinion paper introduces a special series of articles dedicated to freshwater benthic
algae and their use in assessment and monitoring. This special series was inspired by talks …

Nearshore (littoral) habitats of clear lakes with high water quality are increasingly
experiencing unexplained proliferations of filamentous algae that grow on submerged …

A passive method for remote sensing of the nuisance green algae Cladophora glomerata in
rivers is presented using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Included are methods for UAV …

Phosphorus load estimates have been updated for all of the Great Lakes with an emphasis
on lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron and Ontario for 1994–2008. Lake Erie phosphorus …

For the first time, species of the genus Spirogyra, non-typical of the open nearshore waters
of Lake Baikal, formed algal mats with Ulothrix zonata, Ulothrix tenerrima, and Ulothrix …

In response to water quality changes in the Great Lakes since implementing the 1978
Amendment to the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, the US and Canada renegotiated …

Since the first edition was published, a second invasive dreissenid, the quagga mussel, has
become established in the western US and is rapidly spreading. This book provides the first …

Data from US and Canadian federal monitoring programs are compiled to assess long-term
trends of major ions in each of the Laurentian Great Lakes. Time series are developed for …

Ocean acidification will likely result in a drop of 0.3–0.4 pH units in the surface ocean by
2100, assuming anthropogenic CO₂ emissions continue at the current rate. Impacts of …