The Hudson River Ecosystem

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Introduction

   • Mary Ann Moran, Karin E. Limburg

   Pages 1-5

3. The Hudson River Ecosystem

   • Mary Ann Moran, Karin E. Limburg

   Pages 6-39

4. Power Plant Operation on the Hudson River

   • William H. McDowell

   Pages 40-82

5. PCBs in the Hudson

   • Karin E. Limburg

   Pages 83-130

6. The Westway

   • Mary Ann Moran, Dooley S. Kiefer

   Pages 131-154

7. Synthesis and Evaluation

   • Karin E. Limburg, Mary Ann Moran

   Pages 155-172

8. Hudson River Data Base

   • Mary Ann Moran, Peter S. Walczak, Karin E. Limburg

   Pages 173-239

9. Back Matter

   Pages 241-333

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The Ecosystems Research Center (ERC) was established at Cornell U ni­ versity in October 1980 by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the goals of: 1. Identifying fundamental principles and concepts of ecosystems sci­ ence and the determination of their importance in understanding and pre­ dicting the responses of ecosystems to stress, the description of the basic mechanisms that operate within ecosystems, and an examination of the stability of ecosystem structure and function in the face of stress. 2. Testing the applicability of those theoretical concepts to problems of concern to the EPA through a consideration of retrospective and other case studies. In line with these goals, the Hudson River ecosystem provided the basis for the first major retrospective study undertaken by the ERC. The goal of the project was to develop recommendations concerning how ecosystem monitoring can and should be carried out in support of EPA's regulatory responsibilities. Our hope was and is that the experience gained from this study will be broadly applicable to a range of manage­ ment problems involving estuarine ecosystems, and will lead to more effective regulation.

• ecosystem
• ecosystems
• environment
• environmental protection
• plant
• ecotoxicology
• water quality and water pollution

• Ecosystems Research Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

  Karin E. Limburg

• Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, USA

  Mary Ann Moran

• SURCO, State University of New York, Oswego, USA

  William H. McDowell

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