The large freshwater lakes of the world are an extremely valuable resource, not only
because 68% of the global liquid surface fresh water is contained in them, but because of …

Herein, we document changes in the Lake Michigan food web between 1970 and 2000 and
identify the factors responsible for these changes. Control of sea lamprey (Petromyzon …

Long-term fish community surveys were carried out in the Michigan waters of Lake Huron
using bottom trawls from 1976 to 2006. Trends in abundance indices for common species …

It is often said that managing fisheries is managing people. This truism implies that fisheries
science inherently involves disciplines that focus on fish and their population dynamics …

This publication provides a historical review and evaluation of documented ecological
effects associated with salmonine introductions to the Laurentian Great Lakes. Salmonines …

Lake whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis were an important food source to aboriginal people
of North America well before the arrival of European settlers (Kinietz 1965; Cleland 1982) …

We review the status of the Lake Huron fish community between 1970 and 1999 and explore
the effects of key stressors. Offshore waters changed little in terms of nutrient enrichment …

The combined destructive effects of overfishing, habitat destruction, and invasive species,
especially alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) and sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) led to …

Multiple objectives associated with recreational fishing, combined with multiple
uncertainties, pose real challenges for management. We suggest that applying formal …

We used a long-term series of observations on alewife Alosa pseudoharengus abundance
that was based on fall bottom-trawl catches to assess the importance of various abiotic and …