An Ecosystem approach to aquatic ecology: Mirror Lake and its environment

I: An Ecosystem Approach.- A. Ecosystem Analysis.- 1. The Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study.- 2. Other Interactions Between Ecosystems.- II: The Hubbard Brook Valley.- A. Environmental Parameters.- B. Biogeochemistry.- III: Mirror Lake and Its Watershed.- A. Physiographic Setting and Geologic Origin of Mirror Lake.- Location and General Physiographic Setting.- Geology.- Glacial History and Origin of Lake Basin.- Topography and Drainage Basin Characteristics.- Comparison of Mirror Lake and Hubbard Brook Drainage Basins.- B. Historical Considerations.- 1. History of the Vegetation on the Mirror Lake Watershed.- 2. Catastrophic Disturbance and Regional Land Use.- 3. Mirror Lake: Cultural History.- IV: Mirror Lake-Physical and Chemical Characteristics.- A. Importance of Perspective in Limnology.- B. Physical and Chemical Environment.- C. Stability, Circulation and Energy Flux in Mirror Lake.- D. Approaches to the Study of Lake Hydrology.- E. Flux and Balance of Water and Chemicals.- V: Mirror Lake-Biologic Considerations.- A. Species Composition, Distribution, Population, Biomass and Behavior.- 1. Bacteria.- 2. Phytoplankton.- 3. Periphyton.- 4. Macrophytes.- 5. Zooplankton.- 6. Benthic Macroinvertebrates.- 7. Benthic Microinvertebrates.- 8. Salamanders.- 9. Fishes.- B. Production and Limiting Factors.- 1. Bacteria.- 2. Phytoplankton.- 3. Macrophytes.- 4. Periphyton Production.- 5. Zooplankton.- 6. Benthic Macroinvertebrates.- 7. Vertebrates.- C. Organic Carbon Budget.- D. Decomposition.- VI: Mirror Lake-Ecologic Interactions.- A. The Littoral Region.- B. The Profundal Region.- C. The Pelagic Region.- D. The Lake-Ecosystem.- VII: Paleolimnology.- A. Sedimentation.- 1. Late-Glacial and Holocene Sedimentation.- 2. Contemporary Sedimentation.- B. Diatoms.- C. Animal Microfossils.- D. Fossil Pigments.- E. Chemistry.- F. Paleoecology of Mirror Lake and Its Watershed.- VIII: The Aquatic Ecosystem and Air-Land-Water Interactions.- A. Direct Atmospheric Input to Lakes.- B. Fluvial Input to Lakes.- C. Effects of Disturbance on the Land-Water Linkage.- D. Atmospheric Inputs to Watersheds Affecting Inputs to Lakes.- IX: Air and Watershed Management and the Aquatic Ecosystem.- A. Developmental State of the Forested Watershed-Ecosystem.- B. Forest Harvesting.- C. Highway Construction and Maintenance.- D. Air and Water Pollution.- E. Eutrophication Trends in Mirror Lake.- References.- Index of Genera and Species.- Index of Lakes and Streams.- General Index.