Honoring our Detroit River
Subtitle: caring for our home
By: edited by John H. Hartig ; preface by John D. Dingell.
Contributors: Hartig, John H., 1952-
Publisher: Cranbrook Institute of Science
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Bloomfield Hills, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
Subjects: Stream ecology -- Detroit River (Mich. and Ont.); Detroit River (Mich. and Ont.) -- History.; Detroit River (Mich. and Ont.) -- Environmental conditions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: American Indians at Wawiiatanong: an early American history of indigenous peoples at Detroit / George L. Cornell; title: The Wyandot and the river / Kay Givens-McGowan; title: The Detroit River as an artery of trade and commerce / John K. Kerr, W. Steven Olinek, and John H. Hartig; title: American beaver exploitation for European chic / John H. Hartig; title: Waterborne disease epidemics during the 1800s and early 1900s / John H. Hartig; title: The public outcry over oil pollution of the Detroit River / John H. Hartig and Terry Stafford; title: Detroit's role in reversing cultural eutrophication of Lake Erie / Jennifer Panek, David M. Dolan, and John H. Hartig; title: Mercury and PCB contamination of the Detroit River / Jennifer Read, Doug Haffner, and Pat Murray; title: Lessons from sentinel invertebrates: mayflies and other species / Jan J.H. Ciborowski; title: Setting priorities for conserving and rehabilitating Detroit River habitats / Bruce A. Manny; title: Biodiversity of the Detroit River and environs: past, present, and future prospects / James N. Bull and Julie Craves; title: Preventing toxic substance problems through design and industrial control of contaminants at their source / D.C. Steinmetz and D.P. Thiel; title: Watershed planning and management: the Rouge River experience / Catherine J. Bean, Noel Mullett, Jr., and John H. Hartig; title: The Greater Detroit American Heritage River Initiative and the future / John H. Hartig.