1. Editorial

   • Alberto Barbieri
   • Bruno Polli

   Introduction Pages: 179 - 179

2. Description of Lake Lugano

   • Alberto Barbieri
   • Bruno Polli

   Introduction Pages: 181 - 183

3. Hydrodynamics of Lake Lugano

   • G. Salvadè
   • K. Stocker
   • F. Zamboni

   Physical and chemical aspects of Lake Lugano Pages: 187 - 204

4. Density structure and tritium-helium age of deep hypolimnetic water in the northern basin of Lake Lugano

   • A. Wüest
   • W. Aeschbach-Hertig
   • M. Schurter

   Physical and chemical aspects of Lake Lugano Pages: 205 - 218

5. Chemistry and trophic evolution of Lake Lugano in relation to nutrient budget

   • Alberto Barbieri
   • Rosario Mosello

   Physical and chemical aspects of Lake Lugano Pages: 219 - 237

6. The Fate of Chernobyl¹³⁷Cs in Lake Lugano

   • J. Dominik
   • D. Span

   Physical and chemical aspects of Lake Lugano Pages: 238 - 254

7. Aquatic system response to climatic and human changes: Productivity, bottom water oxygen status, and sapropel formation in Lake Lugano over the last 10 000 years

   • F. Niessen
   • L. Wick
   • C. Siegenthaler

   Sediments in Lake Lugano Pages: 257 - 276

8. The role of sediments in the phosphorus cycle in Lake Lugano. I. Geochemical approach

   • D. Span
   • J. Dominik
   • J. -P. Vernet

   Sediments in Lake Lugano Pages: 277 - 284

9. The role of sediments in the phosphorus cycle in Lake Lugano. II. Seasonal and spatial variability of microbiological processes at the sediment-water interface

   • Maja A. Lazzaretti
   • Kurt W. Hanselmann
   • Reinhard Bachofen

   Sediments in Lake Lugano Pages: 285 - 299

10. Qualitative and quantitative aspects of the evolution of the planktonic populations in Lake Lugano

    • Bruno Polli
    • Marco Simona

    Biological aspects in Lake Lugano Pages: 303 - 320

11. Role of pigments on algal communities and photosynthesis

    • A. Lami
    • P. Guilizzoni
    • A. Barbieri

    Biological aspects in Lake Lugano Pages: 321 - 330

12. Seasonal changes of microbial populations in the sediments of the basins of Lugano and Agno

    • Raffaele Peduzzi
    • Antonella Demarta
    • Mauro Tonolla

    Biological aspects in Lake Lugano Pages: 331 - 337

13. Past and present state of the ichthyofauna of Lake Lugano

    • Rudolf Müller
    • Hans Jürg Meng

    Biological aspects in Lake Lugano Pages: 338 - 350

14. Influence of water eutrophication on the macrophytic vegetation of Lake Lugano

    • J. -B. Lachavanne
    • J. Perfetta
    • R. Juge

    Biological aspects in Lake Lugano Pages: 351 - 363

15. The dynamic model Seemod applied to the Southern Basin of Lake Lugano

    • F. Zamboni
    • A. Barbieri
    • M. Simona

    Modelling and restoration of Lake Lugano Pages: 367 - 380

16. Possibilities and limitations of lake restoration: Conclusions for Lake Lugano

    • D. M. Imboden

    Modelling and restoration of Lake Lugano Pages: 381 - 390