Lake Erie Millennium Network Conference 2006

Presentation files available for download

Tuesday 28 February

8.40am   DAVID C. ROCKWELL et al. Phosphorus loads to Lake Erie, dissolved oxygen depletion rates and Lake Erie's changing chemical make up before and after the dreissenid impact. What have we learned since 2001?   Download   
9.00am   R. PETER RICHARDS & D.B. Baker. Reversal of declining nutrient trends in Lake Erie tributaries.   Download   
9.15am   TIMOTHY J. FEIST. Using a historical eutrophication model to evaluate present causes of Lake Erie water quality changes.   Download   
9.30am   RAM R. YERUBANDI et al. Water currents and temperature in Lake Erie during 2004 & 2005.   Download   
9.45am   L. Leon, RALPH SMITH et al. Lake Erie hypoxia simulations with ELCOM-CAEDYM.   Download   
10.15am   SCOTT HIGGINS et al. Cladophora update for Lake Erie.   Download   
10.30am   DAVID R. BARTON et al. The distribution and abundance of Dreissena spp. in Lake Erie during 2004.   Download   
10.45am    STEVEN WILHELM et al. Unmasking the hidden diversity of photosynthetic picoplankton and bacterioplankton in Lake Erie during seasonal hypoxia.   Download   
11.00am   JOSEPH D. CONROY et al. Seeing is believing - synergy amongst Lake Erie plankton and nutrients, exotic species, and climate change   Download   
11.15am   JEFFREY T. TYSON & E. Weimer. Status of the Lake Erie Fish Community, 2006.   Download   
11.30am   CYNTHIA PEKARIK. Waterbird populations and contaminant levels in herring gulls in Lake Erie and connecting channels.   Download   
11.45am   JAN CIBOROWSKI, G. Matisoff. Changes in Lake Erie Trophic structure: review of the possible explanations & current evidence.   
1.10pm   TOM MCAULEY. Recent IJC use of global climate models for the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence River basin.    Download   
1.30pm   DAN BUTTON, U.S. Geological Survey. Integrated habitat classification and map of the Lake Erie basin: an overview.   Download   
1.45pm   LUCA CARGNELLI et al. Development of an indicator suite for the Lake Erie LaMP.   Download   
2.00pm   LUCINDA B. JOHNSON et al. Quantifying an anthropogenic stressor gradient for the Lake Erie basin.   Download   
2.15pm   MATTHEW CHILD. A report card approach - Lake Erie's Canadian watershed conditions   Download   
2.30pm   SCUDDER MACKEY. Strategies for aquatic habitat classification and restoration in riverine and coastal nearshore systems: application to the Huron-Erie corridor and Lake Erie.   Download   
2.45pm   EDWARD F. ROSEMAN et al. Assessing Lake Whitefish Spawning and Nursery Habitat in the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge.   Download   
3.15pm   JOHN H. HARTIG et al. The Detroit River-western Lake Erie basin indicator project.   Download   
3.30pm   RIC LAWSON. Mapping and monitoring coastal wetlands in the Lake Erie basin.   Download   
3.45pm   T. Bridgeman & DONALD W. SCHLOESSER. Nearshore/western basin benthic conditions: Hypoxia and mayfly recruitment in western Lake Erie.    Download   
4.00pm   CHRISTINE GEDDES et al. An ecological classification of open-water habitats in Lake Erie   Download   

Wednesday 1 March

9.00am   RICHARD GREENWOOD. Proposed wind energy development in and around Lake Erie: The need to proactively engage for wildlife and habitat.   Download   
9.15am   D. Dempsey & JOHN GANNON. Lakebed habitat alterations and energy-related activities.    Download   
9.30am   CHRISTOPHER M. PENNUTO. Effects of the round goby on Lake Erie tributary streams.   Download   
9.45am   CAROL A. STEPIEN & Rex Meade Strange. A high resolution database for genetic stock structure of walleye and smallmouth bass in Lake Erie.   Download   
10.00am   JON C. CLINE & J.F. Koonce. Application of a framework for multi-scale analysis of ecological interactions to modeling the effects of cross-scale interactions of stressors on the Lake Erie ecosystem.   Download   
10.30am   SAAD Y. JASIM et al. Presence of pharmaceuticals and pesticides in Detroit River Water and the effect of ozone on removal - a review   Download   
10.45am    CHRIS MARVIN. Distribution and concentrations of priority pollutants in Lake Erie sediments.   Download   
11.00am   KEN G. DROUILLARD. Distribution of priority pollutants in the western Lake Erie food web.    Download   
11.30am   STUART LUDSIN et al. Introduction to the International Field Years on Lake Erie (IFYLE) program   Download   
1.15pm   STEVEN A. RUBERG et al. Real-Time Continuous Observations of Lake Erie Chemical, Biological, and Physical Parameters    Download   
1.30pm   DMITRY BELETSKY et al. Hydrodynamic and phosphorus transport modeling in Lake Erie.   Download   
1.45pm   GREGORY L. BOYER et al. Distribution of cyanobacteria toxicity in Lake Erie: results of the 2005 IFYLE cruises   Download   
2.00pm   MICHAEL TWISS et al. Horizontal characterization of phytoplankton community composition and health   Download   
2.15pm   RALPH E.H. SMITH et al. Nutrients and photoinhibition as controls on Lake Erie phytoplankton and their fluorescence properties.   Download   
2.30pm   BOB HEATH & T. Meilander. Phosphorus dynamics in Lake Erie bacterioplankton   Download   
2.45pm   TRACEY MEILANDER et al. Bacterial community structure and activity in Lake Erie.   Download   
3.15pm   NATHANIEL E. OSTROM et al. Stable isotope signatures of nitrate and phosphate - Potential tools for determining sources and cycling of nutrients in Lake Erie.   Download   
3.30pm   CHRISTOPHER J. GOBLER et al. Microbial mortality mechanisms (virus lysis and grazing) prior to and during the onset of seasonal hypoxia in the central basin of Lake Erie.    Not available   
3.45pm   MARK A. TEECE et al. Temporal changes in fatty acid content of phytoplankton in the central basin of Lake Erie   Download   
4.00pm   HUNTER CARRICK et al. Seasonal phytoplankton dynamics and hypoxia in the for central basin of Lake Erie   Download   
4.15pm   PETER J. LAVRENTYEV et al. Microzooplankton distribution and dynamics in Lake Erie during the summer stratification in 2005.    Download   
4.30pm   STUART LUDSIN et al. Influence of hypoxia on upper trophic levels of central Lake Erie’s food web: preliminary observations.   Download   
4.45pm   MURRAY CHARLTON. Physical, chemical, and biological integrity of Lake Erie - perspectives on historical, current, and new research needs   Not available   
5.05pm   JAN CIBOROWSKI. The Lake Erie Millennium Network: a regional node of the Canadian Water Network?   Download   

Thursday March 2

9.00am   STEPHEN B. BRANDT. NOAA’s Research needs & opportunities
Current status and future directions for the LEMN    Not available   
9.15am   JEFF REUTTER. Activities and plans   Download   
9.30am   JAN J.H. CIBOROWSKI. Charge to the conference - Research Needs for the Lake Erie Ecosystem - nearshore vs. open water drivers?   Download