caa a22 4500 469106298 CHVBK 20180323133057.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19921201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00044166 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00044166 Exploring aquatic ecosystem health: a multi-trophic and an ecosystemic approach [Elektronische Daten] I. Rationale and application [M. Munawar, I. Munawar, P. Ross, R. Dermott] The field of aquatic ecosystem health is a new and developing discipline. The restoration and recovery of habitats is extremely complex and requires a clear understanding of a desirable and maximum/minimum set of conditions which is acceptable, achievable, and cost-effective for implementation. Since this field of research is still in its infancy, the technology for an integrative and innovative assessment will require a combination of physical, chemical, and biological methods and researchers will have to adopt and use some of the routine chemical, limnological, physiological, ecological, and toxicological procedures. A multi-disciplinary, multi-trophic and an ecosystemic approach has been initiated and applied in the North American Great Lakes during the past several years. This strategy, consisting of structural and functional indicators and endpoints, was implemented in the Great Lakes ‘Areas of Concern' adopting a field to laboratory approach for a holistic and integrated evaluation of the ecosystem. Some examples from our Great Lakes experience are presented. The ecosystem health technology should look beyond the traditional approach and must develop innovative, sensitive, automated, and cost-effective procedures including computer-assisted techniques to deal with the problems of stress, healing, recovery, and remediation. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992 ecosystem nationallicence aquatic nationallicence health nationallicence multi-trophic nationallicence biota nationallicence bioassays nationallicence Munawar M. Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences, Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, P.O. Box 5050, L7R 4A6, Burlington, Ontario, Canada aut Munawar I. Plankton Canada, 685 Inverary Road, L7L 2L8, Burlington, Ont., Canada aut Ross P. Citadel, 29409, Charleston, S. Carolina, U.S.A. aut Dermott R. Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences, Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, P.O. Box 5050, L7R 4A6, Burlington, Ontario, Canada aut Journal of Aquatic Ecosystem Health Kluwer Academic Publishers 1/4(1992-12-01), 237-252 0925-1014 1:4<237 1992 1 10813 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00044166 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00044166 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Munawar M. Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences, Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, P.O. Box 5050, L7R 4A6, Burlington, Ontario, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Munawar I. Plankton Canada, 685 Inverary Road, L7L 2L8, Burlington, Ont., Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ross P. Citadel, 29409, Charleston, S. Carolina, U.S.A aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dermott R. Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences, Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, P.O. Box 5050, L7R 4A6, Burlington, Ontario, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Aquatic Ecosystem Health Kluwer Academic Publishers 1/4(1992-12-01), 237-252 0925-1014 1:4<237 1992 1 10813 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer