The Changing Environment of Northern Michigan

How has northern Michigan evolved over the last hundred years? The answers are found in "The Changing Environment of Northern Michigan", a colorfully illustrated, scientifically based overview of the research done at the University of Michigan Biological Station over the last century. Nearly 10,000 students have taken classes at the University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS), laid out as a small village on Douglas Lake near Cheboygan in the northern Lower Peninsula. The property covers 10,000 acres and hosts research on field biology and related environmental sciences. The UMBS has been keeping records for exactly 100 years on the plants and wildlife in the northern Lower Peninsula and eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan, documenting changes as people gradually moved in and settled in those areas. This book tracks those changes but also shows how the area has changed since pre-European settlement, based on the station's research. The results are dramatic, underlaid with hard science, and described in a very readable manner. "The Changing Environment of Northern Michigan" is a must-read for anyone who is concerned about the environment and Michigan's wildlife, or who has had the good fortune to visit the UMBS.

ISBN 0472070754   Pages 240 ISBN13 9780472070756 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 680 Publisher The University of Michigan Press   Published in Ann Arbor, MI Imprint The University of Michigan Press   Height (mm) 254 Format Hardback   Width (mm) 178 Publication date 15 Jan 2010   Spine width (mm) 15 DEWEY 578.0977487   Academic level Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly, General DEWEY edition DC22

Introduction		A History of the University of Michigan Biological Station by David M. Gates		1
Ch. 1		Human History by Scott Herron		15
Ch. 2		Landforms, Physical Landscapes, and Glacial History by Randall J. Schaetzl and Burton V. Barnes		25
Ch. 3		Vegetation History and Change, 1840-2009 by Burton V. Barnes		36
Ch. 4		Aquatic Ecosystems of Northern Michigan by Rex Lowe and Robert Pillsbury and Amy J. Schrank		50
Ch. 5		Terrestrial Vascular Plants by Edward G. Voss		61
Ch. 6		The Fungi by Marilynn Smith		69
Ch. 7		Aquatic Vascular Plants by C. Barre Helquist		77
Ch. 8		Algae of Northern Michigan and the Douglas Lake Region by J. Patrick Kociolek and Rex L. Lowe and Eugene F. Stoermer		85
Ch. 9		Lichens in Northern Michigan by James P. Bennett		93
Ch. 10		Mosses of Northern Michigan by William R. Buck		100
Ch. 11		Ornithology in Northern Michigan by Francesco J. Cuthbert and Ted R. Anderson and Mary Whitmore		109
Ch. 12		Mammals by Phil Myers and Barb Lundrigan		119
Ch. 13		Biological Station Fishes by Paul W. Webb and Amy J. Schrank		132
Ch. 14		Reptiles and Amphibians by Joel T. Heinen and Michael E. Grant		143
Ch. 15		Insects: A Strength in Numbers by Brian G. Scholtens		154
Ch. 16		Swimmer's Itch: Misguided Flatworms by Harvey D. Blankespoor		163
Ch. 17		Climate Changes by Steven B. Bertman		173
Ch. 18		Invasive Species by Brian A. Hazlett and Allison Snow		181
Ch. 19		Effects of Climate Change on Terrestrial Communities by David Karowe		188
Ch. 20		Aquatic Impacts by Robert Pillsbury		196
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