Presents 20 years of work at the North Temperate Lakes Long-Term Research Site. This site-synthesis volume provides the information base for the ecology of temperate lakes, and a general assessment of the role of lakes within their landscapes. It is of interest to American limonologists and general ecologists. Contributors xvii 1 The Challenge of Time and Space in Ecology 3(14) John J. Magnuson, Timothy K. Kratz, and Barbara J. Benson I Conceptual Approaches 17(104) 2 Understanding the Lake-Groundwater System: Just Follow the Water 19(30) Katherine E. Webster, Carl J. Bowser, Mary P. Anderson, and John D. Lenters 3 Making Sense of the Landscape: Geomorphic Legacies and the Landscape Position of Lakes 49(18) Timothy K. Kratz, Katherine E. Webster, Joan L. Riera, David B. Lewis, and Amino I. Pollard 4 Lakes as Islands: Biodiversity, Invasion, and Extinction 67(22) Shelley E. Arnott, John J. Magnuson, Stanley I. Dodson, and Alison C.C. Colby 5 Coherent Dynamics among Lakes 89(18) John J. Magnuson, Timothy K. Kratz, Barbara J. Benson, and Katherine E. Webster 6 Generalization from Intersite Research 107(16) Joan L. Riera, Timothy K. Kratz, and John J. Magnuson II Drivers of Long-Term Dynamics 121(136) 7 Climate-Driven Variability and Change 123(28) John J. Magnuson, Barbara J. Benson, John D. Lenters, and Dale M. Robertson 8 Ecological Change and Exotic Invaders 151(17) Karen A. Wilson and Thomas R. Hrabik 9 The Experimental Acidification of Little Rock Lake 168(19) Thomas M. Frost, Janet M. Fischer, Patrick L. Brezonik, Maria J. González, Timothy K. Kratz, Carl J. Watras, and Katherine E. Webster 10 Jumping In: Within-Lake Processes and Dynamics 187(27) David E. Armstrong, George H. Lauster, Beth L. Sanderson, David B. Lewis, and Thomas M. Frost 11 People in a Forested Lake District 214(22) Bradley S. Jorgensen, David Nowacek , Richard C. Stedman, and Kathy Brasier 12 The Ongoing Experiment: Restoration of Lake Mendota and Its Watershed 236(21) Stephen R. Carpenter, Richard C. Lathrop, Peter Nowak, Elena M. Bennett, Tara Reed, and Patricia A. Soranno III Developing and Implementing Long-Term Ecological Research 257(68) 13 Breaking the Data Barrier: Research Facilitation through Information Management 259(21) Barbara J. Benson, Paul C. Hanson, Jonathan W. Chipman, and Carl J. Bowser 14 Origin, Operation, Evolution, and Challenges 280(45) John J. Magnuson, Barbara J. Benson, Timothy K. Kratz, David E. Armstrong, Carl J. Bowser, Alison C.C. Colby, Timothy W. Meinke, Pamela K. Montz, and Katherine E. Webster IV Summary and Synthesis 15 Synthetic Summary and Prospective 325(10) Barbara J. Benson, Timothy K. Kratz, and John J. Magnuson Appendices 335(14) References 349(34) Index 383