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Beach & Algae presentations at IAGLR in Ann Arbor, Mich May 23-27, 2005

Home Page for International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) is at http://www.iaglr.org/

Titles for beach related presentations at the IAGLR are included below and can be found at
http://iaglr.org/conference/2005/abstracts/pub_sesspres_view.php?session_id=52

Additional sessions on harmful algal blooms and algal processess are included at the end of this email.

The IAGLR Program can be found at
http://iaglr.org/conference/2005/program.php 

Early Registration deadline is May 8, late fee applies for later registration.

Great Lakes and Human Health: Integrating Science to Reduce Risks 
Chaired by Murray Charlton and Stephen Brandt
Wednesday, May 25 Morning
 
10:20 AM
 CROLEY, T.E. and HE, C. 
Great Lakes Spatially Distributed Watershed Model of Water and Materials Runoff
 
10:40 AM
 HE, C. and CROLEY, T.E. 
Estimating Nonpoint Source Pollution Loadings Using Distributed Large Basin Runoff Model
 
11:00 AM
 FRANCY, D.S., STRUFFOLINO, P., BRADY, A.M.G., and DWYER, D. 
Identifying proximate sources of fecal contamination to Maumee Bay, Lake Erie, Ohio
 
11:20 AM
 NEMURA, A.D., TURNER, C.L., SALEE, M.A., and UMBLE, A.K. 
A Tool for Forecasting Changes in E. coli Levels in Great Lakes Rivers: the St. Joseph River Watershed Model
 
11:40 AM
 MILNE, J.E. and CHARLTON, M.N. 
Causes of Beach Closures in Hamilton Harbour

1:20 PM
 MILNE, J.E., CHARLTON, M.N., and CROWE, A. 
Escherichia coli in Water, Sand and Groundwater at Beaches in Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, and Hamilton Harbour
 
1:40 PM
 SCHWAB, D.J., ROCKWELL, D.C., WHITMAN, R.L., and MCLELLAN, S.L. 
Did the April 2004 Milwaukee Sewer Overflows affect Chicago Beaches?
 
2:00 PM
 FRICK, W.E. 
A beach forecasting tool: Visual Beach empirical modeling components for predicting beach bacteria concentrations
 
2:20 PM
 WHITMAN, R.L. 
Predicting Beach Closures at a Regional Scale: Consideration of Local and General Factors
 
2:40 PM
 SIGLER, V. 
A library- vs. community-based assessment of structural differences in Escherichia coli populations in freshwater and sediment
 
3:00 PM
 WHITMAN, R.L., BYAPPANAHALLI, M.N., SHIVELY, D.A., CHAVEZ, M., and NEVERS, M.B. 
Characterizing the Escherichia coli in Dunes Creek and its Influence on Adjacent Swimming Water
 
3:40 PM
 SLOTNICK, M.J., MELIKER, J.R., AVRUSKIN, G.A., and NRIAGU, J.O. 
Arsenic in Groundwater of Great Lakes States: A Regional Assessment
 
4:00 PM
 MUIR, T.A. 
Is There a Relationship Between the Rise in Thyroid and Neurodevelopmental Health Effects in North America and the Rise in Concentrations of PBDEs in the Environment?
 
4:20 PM
 FRENCH, T.D., CAMPBELL, L.M., JACKSON, D., SCHEIDER, W., and HAYTON, A. 
Temporal Trends in Mercury and Organic Contaminants in Coho and Chinook Salmon from Lake Ontario
 
4:40 PM
 BRAY, R.I., MARSHALL, L.M., RIZVI, S.K., and MASSON, C. 
Children's Environmental Health: Effects of Biological and Chemical Contaminants in Drinking Water and Appropriate Policy Responses
 
5:00 PM
 LYONS, J.C. and OBERT, E.C. 
Pennsylvania Sea Grant's Office of Fleet Surgeon
 
4:20 PM
 FRENCH, T.D., CAMPBELL, L.M., JACKSON, D., SCHEIDER, W., and HAYTON, A. 
Temporal Trends in Mercury and Organic Contaminants in Coho and Chinook Salmon from Lake Ontario
 
4:40 PM
 BRAY, R.I., MARSHALL, L.M., RIZVI, S.K., and MASSON, C. 
Children's Environmental Health: Effects of Biological and Chemical Contaminants in Drinking Water and Appropriate Policy Responses
 
5:00 PM
 LYONS, J.C. and OBERT, E.C. 
Pennsylvania Sea Grant's Office of Fleet Surgeon


Sessions for Algal Growth:
http://iaglr.org/conference/2005/abstracts/pub_sesspres_view.php?session_id=23  harmful algal blooms
and
http://iaglr.org/conference/2005/abstracts/pub_sesspres_view.php?session_id=46  algal processes from bottom to the top

Harmful Algal Blooms 
Chaired by Greg Boyer and Joe Atkinson
Friday, May 27 Morning
  
8:00 AM
 BOYER, G. and ATKINSON, J. 
Introductory Remarks at 8:10
 
8:20 AM
 RINTA-KANTO, J.M., LI, R., BOYER, G.L., and WILHELM, S.W. 
The Analysis of Toxic Cyanobacterial Community During 2003 and 2004 Blooms on Lake Erie
 
8:40 AM
 BRIDGEMAN, T.B. 
The Microcystis blooms of western Lake Erie (2003-2004)
 
9:00 AM
 BOYER, G.L., SATCHWELL, M.F., HOTTO, A., YANG, X., LEWIS, T., WATSON, S.B., and ATKINSON, J.F. 
The Occurrence of Cyanobacterial Toxins in Lake Ontario
 
9:20 AM
 GUENTHER, W.B. and MAKAREWICZ, J.C. 
Surveillance of Microcystins in Lake Ontario, its Embayments and Other New York Lakes -Year 2.
 
9:40 AM
 SATCHWELL, M.F., HOTTO, A.M., DAMON, R.M., and BOYER, G.L. 
Distribution and Molecular Analysis of Microcystins in Lake Champlain
 
10:20 AM
 KLING, H.J., STAINTON, M.P., BUAT, P., RAMLAL, P., and MCCULLOUGH, G. 
Eutrophication indicators in Lake Winnipeg and it's watershed including Lake of the Woods: Current Phytoplankton Assemblages, Satellite Images and Dated Sediment Core Profiles of Chemistry and Biological Microfossils.
 
10:40 AM
 SQUIRES, M., HERBERT, C., STAINTON, M., HENZDEL, L., HECKY, R.E., and GUILDFORD, S.J. 
Distribution and Abundance of Major Algal Groups Including Cyanobacteria, and Corresponding Physiochemical Conditions in Lake Winnipeg Surface Waters and at Depth
 
11:00 AM
 SARNELLE, O., KNOLL, L.B., HAMILTON, S.K., SCHEELE, C.E.H., WILSON, A.E., ROSE, J.B., and MORGAN, M.R. 
Invasion by the Exotic Mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) Causes an Increase in Cyanobacterial Toxin in Lakes with Low to Moderate Nutrients
 
11:20 AM
 GOUVêA, S.P., TWISS, M.R., and BOYER, G.L. 
Ultraviolet radiation, Cu, Zn influences on microcystin content in Microcystis aeruginosa (Cyanobacteria)
 
11:40 AM
 WILEY, F.E., BIRRENKOTT, A.H., WILDE, S.B., HABRUN, S., MURPHY, T.M., HOPE, C.P., and BOWERMAN, W.W. 
Investigating the link between avian vacuolar myelinopathy and a novel species of cyanobacteria
 

Algal Processes From the Bottom to the Top - Contributions of Eugene F. Stoermer 

Chaired by Julie Wolin

Friday, May 27 Morning
 
8:20 AM
 KREIS, R.G. and WOLIN, J.A. 
Contributions of Dr. Eugene F. Stoermer to the Study of Great Lakes Diatoms: An Introduction
 
8:40 AM
 TUCHMAN, M.L., BARBIERO, R.P., ROCKWELL, D.C., and WARREN, G.J. 
Lake Erie phytoplankton communities 1983-1999
 
9:00 AM
 WOLIN, J.A. 
Changes in Diatom Biomass and Diatom Species Size-Reduction Lake Erie's Central Basin (1987 and 2003)
 
9:20 AM
 MAYER, C.M., LOHNER, R.N., HECKATHORN, S.A., and BRIDGEMAN, T.B. 
Benthic Primary Production in Maumee Bay, Western Lake Erie: Green Lake, Brown Bottom
 
9:40 AM
 CARRICK, H.J. 
Are benthic algae in Lake Michigan silica limited?
 
10:20 AM
 PAPPAS, J.L. 
Phytoplankton Assemblages, Environmental Influences and Their Seasonal Changes Measured Using Weighted Averages and Fuzzy Set Theory
 
10:40 AM
 REAVIE, E.D., KIRETA, A.R., AXLER, R.P., SGRO, G.V., FERGUSON, M.J., JOHANSEN, J.R., and KINGSTON, J.C. 
New Diatom-Based Tools to Assess Environmental Disturbance in Great Lakes Coastal Ecosystems
 
11:00 AM
 STEVENSON, R.J. and MANOYLOV, K. 
Algal Biodiversity: Native Taxa, Non-Native Taxa, and Threats to Biodiversity
 
11:20 AM
 ANDRESEN, N.A., EDLUND, M.B., BIXBY, R.J., and SONINKHISHIG, N. 
What Stoermer taught us: Patterns of diatom diversity and change in the world's large lakes
 
11:40 AM
 JULIUS, M.L., CURTIN, M., KAPUSHINSKI, T., and YADAV, S. 
Mechanisms Corroborating Diatom Species Diversity in Large Ancient Lake Ecosystems
 

 

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