This series is dedicated to serving the growing community of scholars and practitioners concerned with the principles and applications of environ­ mental management. Each volume is a thorough treatment of a specific topic of importance for proper management practices. A fundamental objective of these books is to help the reader discern and implement man's stewardship of our environment and the world's renewable re­ sources. For we must strive to understand the relationship between man and nature, act to bring harmony to it, and nurture an environment that is both stable and productive. These objectives have often eluded us because the pursuit of other individual and societal goals has diverted us from a course of living in balance with the environment. At times, therefore, the environmental manager may have to exert restrictive control, which is usually best applied to man, not nature. Attempts to alter or harness nature have often failed or backfired, as exemplified by the results of imprudent use of herbicides, fertilizers, water, and other agents. Each book in this series will shed light on the fundamental and applied aspects of environmental management. It is hoped that each will help solve a practical and serious environmental problem.

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1. Introduction: The Rationale and Goals for Food Web Management in Lake Mendota.- 2. Policy and Practice in UW - WDNR Collaborative Programs.- 3. Lake Mendota and the Yahara River Chain.- 4. Paleolimnological Evidence of Food Web Dynamics in Lake Mendota.- 5. Historical Interpretation of Pigment Stratigraphy in Lake Mendota Sediments.- 6. Nutrient Loadings, Lake Nutrients, and Water Clarity.- 7. Phytoplankton and Their Relationship to Nutrients.- 8. Zooplankton and Their Relationship to Phytoplankton.- 9. Long-Term Vegetation Trends: A History.- 10. Benthic Macroinvertebrates.- 11. Historical Changes in the Fish Community.- 12. Food Web Structure of Lake Mendota.- 13. Herbivory, Nutrients, and Phytoplankton Dynamics in Lake Mendota, 1987-89.- 14. Interannual Patterns of Planktivory 1987-89: An Analysis of Vertebrate and Invertebrate Planktivores.- 15. Pelagic Planktivory by Larval Fishes in Lake Mendota.- 16. Piscivores and Their Prey.- 17. The Fishery.- 18. Modeling in the Lake Mendota Program: An Overview.- 19. Fisheries Management and the Interactive Dynamics of Walleye and Perch Populations.- 20. Impacts of Variation in Planktivorous Fish on Abundance of Daphnids: A Simulation Model of the Lake Mendota Food Web.- 21. A Simulation Model of the Interactions Among Nutrients, Phytoplankton, and Zooplankton in Lake Mendota.- 22. Modeling the Lake Mendota Ecosystem: Synthesis and Evaluation of Progress.- 23. Destabilization of Planktonic Ecosystems and Blooms of Blue-Green Algae.- 24. An Analogy for Plankton Interactions.- 25. Individual-Based Modeling: Application to Walleye Stocking.- 26. Development, Evaluation, and Transfer of New Technology.- 27. Benefits on a Larger Scale.- 28. Summary: Accomplishments and New Directions of Food Web Management in Lake Mendota.