This installment of the Ecovision World Monograph Series provides an in-depth look at the remediation and restoration of the forty-three most polluted areas of the Great Lakes, which are designated Areas of Concern (AOCs). This restoration effort, a collaboration between Canada and the United States, is unique in that it has fostered the use of locally designed ecosystem approaches to restoring impaired beneficial uses, as called for in the Canada-U.S. Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. In total, thirty-seven Canadian and U.S. scientists contributed to this comprehensive evaluation of what has been achieved and learned from more than three decades of remediation and restoration efforts. This monograph will be an excellent resource to researchers, resource managers, university faculty, and students in the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem, as well as for those interested in restoring degraded aquatic ecosystems throughout the world. No other monograph or text book provides such a comprehensive evaluation of AOCs. A foreword is provided by Dr. Diane Saxe, former Environmental Commissioner of Ontario. Leading primary contributors include J. Hartig, M. Munawar, L. Richman, S. Pickard, M. Tuchman, R. Stewart, J. Ridgeway, R. Sherman, N. French, K. Williams, G. Krantzberg, and C. McLaughlin.

M. Munawar is a research scientist for Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the series editor for the Ecovision World Monograph series, based out of Burlington, Ontario, Canada.

John H. Hartig is refuge manager for the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge and serves on the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy board of directors. He is an award-winning author on conservation science.