List of Tables:

Table 2.1 Comparitive physical parameters of the five Great Lakes.

Table 3.1 Annual rates of sediment loading and sediment accumulation in each of Lake Erie's three basins.

Table 3.2 Lake Erie tributary loadings: as a percent of the total for the lake in metric tons per km2.

Table 4.1 Means of environmental characteristics in Big Creek, the Inner Bay and the Outer Bay, April to November 1979.

Table 4.2 Municipal phosphorus loadings throughout the Great Lakes basin between 1986 and 1990.

Table 5.1 Relative abundance of macrophytes on Long Point's Inner Bay during summer 1992.

Table 5.2 Relative abundance of macrophytes in each area of Long Point’s Inner Bay during summer 1992.

Table 5.3 Percent frequency of occurrence of the most widespread macrophytes in Long Point’s Inner Bay, Lake Erie during 1976, 1991, 1992, and 1995.

Table 5.4 Aggregate Percent Dry Mass and Percent Species Occurence of Foods Consumed by 12 Species of Waterfowl (579 birds) Collected During Fall on the Inner Bay of Long Point, 1992-94.

Table 6.1 Invertebrate Distribution and Composition in Long Point’s Inner Bay, Shown as an Average Number per m² at Each Sampling Station, Summer 1992.

Table 6.2 Mean Numbers of Invertebrate Taxa in Samples Collected from Throughout the Nearshore Region of Lake Erie, Grouped by Type of Sediment and Water Depth.

Table 6.3 Density Of Macroinvertebrates (# per m²) Sampled at Selected Ponds on the Long Point National Wildlife Area.

Table 6.4 Substrates used by zebra mussels in 1991 and 1993-1995 on the Inner Bay of Long Point.

Table 6.5 Percent occurrence of zebra mussels and unidentified shells in the diets of 12 waterfowl species collected at Long Point, Lake Erie, 1992-1995.

Table 6.6 Distribution and abundance of zebra mussels (ZM) on Long Point Bay (LPB), Lake Erie, 1991-1995, and the proportion of the total biomass potentially consumed by scaup spp.

Table 6.7 Proportional size distribution (in 5mm increments) of zebra mussels over a five-year period in Long Points Inner Bay.

Table 6.8 Aggregate percent dry mass and percent occurrence of invertebrates consumed by 12 species of waterfowl (579 birds) collected during fall on the Inner Bay of Long Point.

Table 7.1 Average number of waterfowl use-days (x 1,000) in Great Lakes coastal wetlands during spring and fall migration.

Table 7.2 Estimated number of breeding pairs of dabbling ducks in major coastal wetland complexes of the Laurentian Great Lakes that are most heavily used by waterfowl.

Table 7.3 An overview of the state of the emergent aquatic plants of some coastal regions.

Table 8.1 Number of boating disturbances, flock disturbance rates, distance flown, and flight times for waterfowl responding to boating disturbances on the Inner Bay, 1993.

Table 8.2 Comparison of different types of disturbance in spring and fall in the Inner Bay.

Table 8.3 Temporal distribution of waterfowl disturbances (two-hour increments) on the Inner Bay.

Table 9.1 Haldimand-Norfolk tobacco production, 1930-1986.

Table 9.2 Percentage of farms by product type in Haldimand-Norfolk, 1971-1986.

Table 9.3 Trends in agricultural land use (1951-1986) for the Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk.

Table 9.4 Provincially significant (Class 1-3) and other locally significant wetlands (Class 4-7) in Norfolk County, as classified by MNR.

Table 9.5 Changes in amount of wetland area in several extreme southern Ontario Counties for c. 1800, 1967, and 1982.

Table 9.6 The 1982 land uses of wetlands coveted since 1967 for several extreme southern Ontario Counties.