Okoboji Wetlands : A Lesson in Natural History.

CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. An Introduction to Wetlands -- 2. Origins -- Settlement -- The Glacial Story of the Lake Okoboji Region -- The Okoboji Lakeside Laboratory -- 3. Ecosystems -- Runoff on Cayler Prairie -- Wetland Vegetation -- The Aquatic Gardens of Okoboji -- Report on Nuisance Condition, Upper Gar Lake -- Temperature Cycle of West Lake Okoboji -- Impact of Settlement on West Lake Okoboji -- 4. Historical Fauna -- Mammals of the Lake Region of Iowa -- The Birds of the Lake Region -- Crows -- Fishing in 1884 -- The Fishes of the Okoboji Lakes -- Missing Pieces 1 -- Iowa Lakeside Laboratory -- 5. Okoboji's Wetland Fauna -- Blackbirds -- Aquatic Insects of Okoboji -- Amber Land Snails -- The Clams of the Okoboji Lakes -- Why Study Pond Crayfish? -- Why Study Pond Snails? -- Amphibians of Okoboji -- Okoboji's Historical Amphibian Fauna -- Tiger Salamanders -- American Toads -- Great Plains Toads -- Chorus Frogs -- Gray Treefrogs -- Cricket Frogs -- Leopard Frogs -- Bullfrogs -- Mudpuppies -- Missing Pieces 2 -- The Iowa Lakeside Laboratory as a Student Sees It -- 6. Wildlife Management or Resource Exploitation? -- Wetland Importance -- Wetlands and Lakes as Distinct Ecosystems -- Mosquitoes -- Conservation -- Frogging in Iowa 1 -- Frogs -- Frogging in Iowa 2 -- Amphibian Decreases and the Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force -- Preservation -- Raising Game Fish 1 -- Raising Game Fish 2 -- A Missing Zooplankter -- Top Predators -- Rotenone and Aquazine: State-Applied Aquatic Toxins -- Silent Spring Choruses -- National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permits -- Bullfrog Introductions -- Pollution -- Muskies -- The Refugia Hypothesis -- Garlock Slough: A Case Study -- 7. A New Perspective: A Wetland Ethic -- References -- Index.