GLIN==> STUDENT Poster Session Invitation: IJC Biennial Meeting in Detroit

STUDENT POSTER SESSION ON PROGESS MADE TOWARDS ACHIEVING OBJECTIVES OF
THE GREAT LAKES WATER AGREEMENT SINCE 1987

The International Joint Commission (IJC) will hold its Biennial Meeting
on Great Lakes Water Quality at Wayne State University in Detroit,
Michigan on October 12-14, 2011.  In conjunction with the Biennial
Meeting, the IJC's Great Lakes Science Advisory Board (SAB) and Great
Lakes Water Quality Board (WQB) are jointly organizing a poster session
focusing on progress toward achieving the objectives of the Great Lakes
Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA) since 1987, when the GLWQA was last
updated by the U.S. and Canada.  In addition to a call for  posters from
professionals, a concurrent student poster session will be held.  All
undergraduate, master's, and Ph.D. students are eligible for this
session.  Submitters of accepted posters will have their registration
fees waived and will receive a certificate of participation.  

 

Posters should address: 1) how environmental conditions related to Great
Lakes water quality have changed over time; or 2) progress made toward
achieving the overall purpose of the GLWQA to restore and maintain the
physical, chemical and biological integrity of the Great Lake Basin; or
3) progress made towards developing indicators of swimmability,
fishability and drinkability.     

 

Examples of indicators of chemical integrity are toxic chemical
concentrations in sediment cores, in tissues of preyfish populations, in
lake trout tissue, and in human blood and hair samples.  Examples of
biological integrity indicators include abundances of the benthic
amphipod Diporeia, lake trout populations, sea lamprey, and bald eagle
populations.  Temperature, ice cover, shoreline hardening, and wetland
acreage are examples of indicators of physical integrity.  

 

Swimmability and drinkability indicators could reflect microbial or
chemical concentrations in nearshore waters and examples of fishability
indicators are lake trout populations, and PCBs and methyl mercury in
fish tissue.  Since source reduction or pollution prevention is
pertinent in restoring and protecting the Great Lakes, exposure or
stressor indicators could also be included.  Examples of these types of
indicators include phosphorus loading, runoff from concentrated animal
feeding operations, and the amount of impervious surfaces.

 

Abstracts of posters should be submitted by June 17, 2011 to
studentposters2011 at windsor.ijc.org
<mailto:studentposters2011 at windsor.ijc.org> .  These abstracts should
list Title, Authors, University and discuss:

1.    Rationale for the selected indicator, describing how it is
susceptible to stressors of concern, ecological importance, and
relevance to management objectives;

2.     Methodology for collection and analysis of trend data;

3.     Result indicating trends and changes; 

4.     Discussion of the significance of findings; and

5.     Relevance to the objectives of the GLWQA. 

 

Acceptance decisions will be announced by June 27.  The IJC will provide
a poster layout to submitters of accepted abstracts and posters will be
printed by the IJC.  To receive the free registration and certificate,
completed posters must be submitted electronically by September For more
information on the IJC and prior biennial meetings see www.ijc.org
<http://www.ijc.org>  and www.ijc.org/en/activities/forums.htm.  More
information about the 2011 Biennial Meeting will be posted soon.

 

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