"This collection of papers grew out of a Canadian-United States inter-university seminar that was carried on for several years"--Pref. Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : implementing an ecological systems approach to basin-wide management / Lynton K. Caldwell -- The ecosystem approach : a strategy for management of renewable resources in the Great Lakes Basin / R.L. Thomas ... {et al.} -- The Great Lakes, 1955-1985 / Leonard B. Dworsky -- Institutional arrangements for Great Lakes management / Michael A. Donahue -- A governance structure designed to learn would better protect the Great Lakes ecosystem / Lester W. Milbrath -- Remediation and rehabilitation of the Great Lakes / Henry Regier -- Biodancing : the 1-2-3 of Great Lakes monitoring / Bruce L. Bandurski -- The Great Lakes as a water resource : questions of ownership and control / Julia R. Wilder : Great Lakes diversion / Sally Cole-Misch -- Toward a more accountable process : the Royal Society-National Research Council report / Don. Munton -- Great Lakes governance and the ecosystem approach / George R. Francis -- Appendices: Treaty between the United States and Great Britain (1909). Agreement on Great Lakes water quality (1978). The Great Lakes charter, adopted by governors and premiers (1985).