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Volume 34, Number 1 (4/26/08)

• Algae Exploit Toxic Cadmium as Tonic
• Big Patterns Affect Lake Erie Storms and Winds
• Winter storms: Good for ducks on the Great Lakes?
• Small perch contain more mercury than expected!
• Catching Clustered Critters
• Monitoring Data Show Improvement in Area of Concern

Volume 33, Special Issue 3 (3/31/08)

• Watchdogs for change: Environmental indicators are benchmarks for future planning
• Plants Probe Beneath the Surface to Indicate Physical Condition
• Glass Algae Reveal Condition of Great Lakes Coast
• Fish Picky About Wetlands
• Wetland plants speak to us about water quality in the Great Lakes
• Exotic Crustacean prefers mussel invaders to humans!
• Do indices of biological condition really work in measuring aquatic health?
• Land Use Changes Great Lakes Coast
• Common Reed Invades Green Bay Wetland

Volume 33, Number 4 (1/3/08)

• Watching Great Lakes Ice Cover from Space
• Models Predict Future of Lake Ontario Wetlands
• African Fish in Trouble
• Satellites used to measure water clarity in the Great Lakes
• First exotic zooplankton species invaded Lake of the Woods in 1990s!
• No Simple Answer to Lake Whitefish Decline

Volume 33, Special Issue 2 (11/7/07)

• Long-term Effects of a Dam Removal
• Cuyahoga River Healthier After Two Dams Are Removed
• Are Low-head Dams Bad News for Darters?
• Protecting Stream Resources in Great Lakes Watersheds

Volume 33, Number 3 (10/1/07)

• An Invading Phytoplankter in Lake Erie That Likes it Hot
• Exotic Bivalves Thrive in Deepwater
• Stormwater rivals combined sewer overflows as major pollution source in Lake Michigan

Volume 33, Number 2 (7/9/07)

• Stopping Gobies the Cheap Way
• Could Wetlands Provide Refuge For Native Fish?
• Ecosystem Change Leads to Reduced Growth of Lake Whitefish
• Compositing samples for beach monitoring is beneficial
• Are Cattails Squeezing Out Diverse Meadows?
• Phosphorus loading and water quality in Lake Simcoe
• Lake Whitefish Return to the Detroit River after Long Absence
• Great Lakes Fish Displays Little Bladder Control Under Pressure!
• Walleye Spawn in the Detroit River

Volume 33, Suppl. 1 - Special Issue on Restoration of Native Species (5/29/07)

• Mayflies Reveal Differences in Bottom Conditions in Lake Erie
• Strong hatches of Saginaw Bay walleye occur when adult alewives are scarce!

Volume 33, Number 1 (3/23/07)

• New Zealand Mud Snails Invade Lake Erie!
• Crayfish dine on Great Lakes trout and salmon (eggs)!
• Who's moved into Lake Erie rivers?
• Navigational Dredging Causes Dissolved Oxygen Problems in Great Lakes Tributaries!
• Smelt are the Preferred Diet of Lake Trout
• Fish Habitat Expanded in Lake Ontario!
• High Turnover Rate in Portage Lake
• Lake trout swim deep in Lake Mistassini
• Lake trout are on the move

Volume 32, Number 4 (12/8/06)

• Microbes are diverse and active in the "not-so-dead" zone of Lake Erie
• Anglers Shouldn't Fear Round Gobies
• New Method for Studying Fish Food
• Lake Gyres and Seiches
• Sea Lamprey are Wanderers
• Expanded use of Iron in Wastewater Treatment and role in toxic cyanobacterial resurgences
• Burbot Population Declining in Apostle Islands Region
• Yellow Perch Eat It All
• Pheromones Released by Invasive Great Lakes Fish Can Be Extracted From Water and Used for Control
• Severe Climates Could Close the Great Lakes

Volume 32, Number 3 (09/11/06)

• Steelheaders Value Their Fish!
• Heavy Metals in Sediments of the Detroit River: A Different Approach
• Beach Pollution Disappears Within a Very Short Distance
• Using telemetry to track eels? We recommend surgically implanting the tags!
• Mysterious Nitrogen Sources Fuel Algae in African Great Lake
• Lake Health Improves, Problems Linger
• Zebra Mussel Larvae Extremely Sensitive to Copper!

Volume 32, Number 2 (06/28/06)

• Measuring Great Lake Processes and Water Quality from Space!
• Big Lake Herring Like Big Water
• Atlantic Salmon Juveniles Rely on Vitamin B1 for Survival
• Survival of large lake trout as good as the small ones in Lake Michigan
• E. coli Grow in Beach Sand

Volume 32, Number 1 (03/15/06)

• Powerful Barriers Needed To Stop Exotic Ruffe!
• Bird Counts Predict E.Coli In Beach Water Better Than Bird Droppings
• "Museum Lake" under Human Pressure!

Volume 31, Suppl. 2 - Special Issue on Lake Erie Trophic Status Collaborative Study (6/12/06)

• Zebra mussels stimulate algae growing on the bottom of Lake Erie
• A Greener Lake Erie

Volume 31, Number 4 (12/1/05)

• Salmon turn up the heat on trout!
• Sunfish Gobble Up Zebra Mussels
• Deepwater Tapeworms in Round Gobies
• Round Gobies are Increasing in Lake Huron
• Brown bullheads may have questionable parentage
• Diatoms algae prefer it light!
• It's back! Green Slime Takes Over Great Lakes Beaches

Volume 31, Number 3 (9/2/05)

• Lake Michigan Infested With Fleas
• Alewives Have Negative Effect On Deepwater Sculpins
• Diked Wetlands A Haven For Invasive Species
• Does Ice Boom Alter Buffalo's Climate?
• When Alewives Attack, Little Lake Trout Flee … the Wrong Way?
• New Crustacean Invader Found In The Great Lakes
• Lake's Ups And Downs Recorded In River Valley
• Lake Herring Survive Cooling Events
• Chinese Mitten Crab In The St. Lawrence River

Volume 31, Number 2 (6/7/05)

• Model Quantifies Round Goby Feeding And Growth
• Male Sex Pheromone Could Control Sea Lamprey Populations
• Bird Surveys Needed In Offshore Great Lakes
• DDT and PCBs no longer hinder Bald Eagles of Lake Superior

Volume 31, Number 1 (4/15/05)

• Sexual Practices of Healthy Lake Trout Uncovered
• Viruses And Human Fecal Pollution Found In Michigan Waters
• Invasive Species Win Territorial Disputes
• 10 Billion Round Gobies In Western Lake Erie
• Combined Sewer Overflows Not The Only Source of Water Problems
• Low E. coli Levels Found At Lake Superior Beaches

Volume 30, Number 2 (7/2/04)

• Sun Evaporates Lake Erie More Than it Warms it!
• Contaminant Levels in Suspended Sediments Drop in Lake Erie, Lake Ontario
• Banned Chemical Still Shows Up in Lake Superior Fish

Volume 30, Number 1 (6/7/04)

• Crustacean Comeback in Lake Erie
• Cutting the Carp is Not Enough
• Bloater Works Harder Under Pressure
• Endocrine Disruptors In Detroit River
• Young Yellow Perch Like Rocky Bottoms!
• Watching Great Lakes Winds from Space

Volume 29, Suppl. 2 - Special Issue on the African Great Lakes (5/29/04)

• Out of Africa: The Original Great Lakes!

Volume 29, Suppl. 1 - Special Issue on Sea Lamprey (6/22/04)

• Blood-Sucking Fish Really Bites!

Volume 29, Number 4 (6/11/04)

• Joining the Dots to Identify Superior Farmland in the Great Lakes Basin
• Digging up the Dirt on Cleveland's Past
• New Diatom Species Gets Hooked on Sand
• Exposed, Tethered Round Gobies are Vulnerable to Predators
• Public Access to Lake Superior Increases Inland Property Values
• Reservoir Absolved as Significant Source of Niagara River Contamination
• Maintaining Momentum in Remedial Action Plans
• Buffalo River Recovering from Near-Death Experience
• Rapid Population Explosion of Exotic Variety of Phragmites australis

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