The St. Clair River and Lake St. Clair, Michigan: An ecological profile

Technical Report · Thu Mar 31 23:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6946061

Edsall, T A; Manny, B A; Raphael, C N

The St. Clair and Lake St. Clair form a part of the connecting channel system between Lake Huron and Lake Erie. This report synthesizes existing information on the ecological structure and function of this ecosystem. Chapters include descriptions of climatology, hydrology, and geology of the region; biological characteristics; ecological relationships; and commercial and recreations uses, as well as discussions of management considerations and issues. The St. Clair system provides valuable habitat for migratory waterflow and fish spawning and nurseries, and contains some of the most extensive emergent wetlands in the region. The system is used for navigation, municipal and industrial waste disposal, recreational boating, fishing and waterfowl hunting. Allowing for multiple human uses while maintaining important waterfowl and fish populations is the greatest challenge facing managers of this system. 220 refs., 75 figs., 40 tabs.

• Research Organization: National Fisheries Research Center-Great Lakes, Ann Arbor, MI (USA); Eastern Michigan Univ., Ypsilanti (USA). Dept. of Geography and Geology
• OSTI ID: 6946061
• Report Number(s): BR-85(7.3); ON: TI88012556
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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