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University of Windsor
National Water Research Institute,

Ohio Sea Grant - F.T. Stone Laboratory of Ohio State University, and

Large Lakes Research Station, US EPA of Grosse Ile

presented

 

The 6th Biennial Conference of the

Lake Erie Millennium Network

April 27 - April 29, 2010
 

 

Ambassador Auditorium, CAW Student Centre

University of Windsor
Windsor, Ontario, Canada



 

 

 

SUMMARY

The conference summarized knowledge of recent changes occurring in Lake Erie and its tributaries. Presentations reviewed progress towards formulating research needs and plans, emphasizing the link between the lake and its inputs and outputs, and factors contributing to increasingly rapid rates of change. Platform sessions highlighted recent biological and environmental trends relating to trophic status, indicator development and reporting, ecological forecasting, integrated habitat characteristics, restoration strategies, and new pressures on the ecosystem. Preliminary steps for planning research and monitoring for the 2010 Lake Erie Field Year were discussed. These topics will form the focus for open discussion of ways to integrate binational research with management and public needs on the major issues affecting Lake Erie.

Goals were to: (1) exchange information; (2) generate plans for studying/implementing solutions; and (3) build on our initiative to implement binational research strategies to ensure co-ordinated collection and dissemination of data to address the continuing research and management needs.

 

LEMN 2010 Conference Program and Abstracts

Listed below are each of the presentations given at the conference.  Click on the title to download the presentation.
An asterisk denotes the speaker for presentations with several authors.
 

  Tuesday April 27, 2010

Theme 1: Nutrient Transport and Transformations
  8:45 Elizabeth Dayton   Phosphorus chemistry and sequestration in soil  
  9:00 Craig F. Drury*, W.D. Reynolds, C.S. Tan, X.M. Yang, J.Y. Yang, T.Q. Zhang, and T.W. Welacky   Impacts of soil and crop management practices on water partitioning and nutrient losses from agricultural soils  
  9:15 David Baker*, J. Kramer, P. Richards, R. Confesor, A. Roerdink, and K. Krieger   Characteristics of nutrient and sediment delivery to Lake Erie from Ohio tributaries  
  9:30 Sandra Cooke* and Karen Maaskant*   Delivery of nutrients to Lake Erie: The Grand and Thames rivers (Canada)  
  9:45 Raj Bejankiwar   Nutrients in the Essex region watershed and its nearshore waters  
  10:00 Debbie Burniston*, R. McCrea, P. Klawunn, R. Ellison, A. Thompson, and J. Bruxer   Detroit River phosphorus loading determination  
10:45 Douglas D. Kane*, J.D. Conroy, D.L. Bade, W.J. Edwards, D.A. Culver, J.D. Chaffin, K. Wambo, C.L. Gruden, and T.B. Bridgeman   Monitoring, mechanisms, and macronutrients: Microcystis in the Maumee and Sandusky systems  
  11:00 Thomas B. Bridgeman*, J.D. Conroy, C.L. Gruden, D.D. Kane, J.W. Kramer, C.M. Mayer, and G.W. Winston   Lake Erie Algal Source Tracking 2009 (LEAST)  
  11:15 Todd Howell   Patterns in nutrients over Dreissena-Cladophora impacted shoreline  
  11:30 John R. Kelly*, P.M. Yurista, J.V. Scharold, A.M. Cotter, and M.A. Starry   Detecting land-based signals in the nearshore zone of Lake Erie during summer 2009  
 
Theme #2: Trophic status of Lake Erie: nutrients, food web components, conditions of the offshore zone		  
  1:15 Alexander Karatayev*, L. Burlakova, C. Pennuto, and C. Basiliko   Dominance of exotic invertebrates changes the Lake Erie benthic community  
  1:30 D. Dolan, P. Richards, and Russ Kreis*   Nutrient load estimates for Lake Erie 2005  
  1:45 Paul Bertram* and J. May   Lake Erie dissolved oxygen recent conditions  
  2:00 Sue Watson*, M. Looker, K. McIvor, J. Struger, and V. Richardson   Lake Erie: algae, nutrients and deficiency  
  2:15 Steven W. Wilhelm*, R.M.L. McKay, M.R. Twiss, G.S. Bullerjahn, R.A. Bourbonniere, C.H. Marvin, H.J. Carrick, R.E.H. Smith, N. D'Souza, B.F. Beall, M.A. Saxton, D.E. Smith, and J. Harrison   Biology on ice: Life in a very cold Lake Erie  
  3:00 Robert T. Heath*, C. Clevinger, and D. Bade   Increasing importance of nitrogen dynamics in the Lake Erie ecosystem  
  3:15 Gerald Matisoff   Oxygen dynamics in Lake Erie  
3:30 J.D. Conroy, S.A. Ludsin, K. Kayle, J.T. Tyson, R.L. Knight, and David A. Culver*   Fish community structure in Lake Erie: Continued rehabilitation or a return to degradation?  

Theme #3: Understanding and Managing the Processes		  
  3:45 Pamela Joosse*, K. Reid, and R. Campbell   The 2009 Great Lakes Phosphorus Forum  
  4:00 Joseph F. Koonce*, C.S. Findlay, J.E. Gannon, N.K.S. Barker, M. Kang, and J.J.H Ciborowski   Weight of evidence for causes of re-eutrophication of the Great Lakes  
  4:15 Joseph V. DePinto*, T.R. Redder, E.M. Verhamme, and L. Weintraub   Recent modeling in the Maumee watershed and the western basin of Lake Erie  
  4:30 S. George and Marie-Claire Doyle*   Lake Erie Binational Nutrient Management Strategy  
     
  Wednesday April 28, 2010  
 
Theme #4: Biological and chemical contaminants- legacy and emerging issues		  
  9:00 J. Struger, Debbie Burniston*, E. Sverko, S. Cagampan, J. Grabuski, C. Marvin, J. Kraft, J. Waltho, A. Dove, and L. Heslip   Pesticide concentrations in the Lake Erie watershed and Great Lakes basin  
  9:15 Robert McKay*, I. Ilikchyan, G.S. Bullerjahn   Phosphonates: Their occurrence and utilization by cyanobacteria in L. Erie  
  9:30 J. David Allan*, H. Han and N.S. Bosch   Spatial and temporal variation in phosphorus budgets for 24 Lake Erie and Lake Michigan watersheds  
  9:45 Debbie Burniston*, J. Struger, P. Klawunn, B. Hill, and C. Marvin   Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the Lake Erie watershed  
  10:30 Chris Marvin* and D. Burniston   Toxic contamination in Lake Erie: Where have we been, where are we now, and where are we going?  
  10:45 Alicia Perez-Fuentetaja*, M. Clapsadl, and T. Lee   Type E Botulism in the Great Lakes: A widespread concern  
  11:00 Satyendra Bhavsar   Contaminant trends in Lake Erie fish and possible impact of invasive species  
  11:15 Lynda D. Corkum   Status of invasive fishes in Lake Erie: Trends and threats  
  11:30 Jeff Tyson   Status of the Lake Erie fish community 2010  
 
Theme #5: New and Continuing Research		  
  1:15 Christopher M. Pennuto*, A. Perez-Fuentetaja, A. Karatayev, L. Burlakova, G. Matisoff, D. Bade, J. Conroy, E.A. Marschall, and J. Kramer   Nitrogen, phosphorus, and isotopes from the nearshore/offshore Lake Erie nutrient study (NOLENS)  
  1:30 Scudder Mackey   Climate change, water levels, adaptation, and the Lake Erie ecosystem  
  1:45 M.A. Zarull, John H. Hartig* and A. Cook   Soft shoreline engineering: We built it, have they come?  
  2:00 Edward F. Roseman*, J. Boase, D. Bennion, R. Drouin, J. Francis, D. Hondorp, G. Kennedy, B. Manny, S. McNaught, K. Newman, J. Read, R. Strach and G. Townes   Developing fish habitat enhancement strategies for the Huron-Erie corridor under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative  
  2:15 John Gannon   Towards an ecology-economy "win-win" for offshore wind power in the Great Lakes  
 
Theme #6: Building expertise and cooperation to address new developments and emerging issues		  
  3:15 Gail Hesse   Overview and findings of the Ohio Lake Erie Phosphorus Task Force  
  3:30 John Lawrence   Canada-United States Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement renewal: An update  
3:45 Violeta Richardson* and G. Warren   Cooperative Science and Monitoring Initiative: Where are we now?  
  4:00 Paul Bertram   GLNPO-supported research opportunities  
  4:15 Chris Marvin   COA-related research- federal and provincial activities, plans, and opportunities for collaboration; sampling on Canadian Coast Guard Research Vessel Limnos  
4:30 Marie Colton   NOAA/CILER Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
   
 

Thursday April 29, 2010
9:00 Jeff Reutter   The Great Lakes Regional Research Information Network (GLRRIN) and the Lake Erie Millennium Collaboration  
9:15 Jan Ciborowski and Russ Kreis   Lake Erie Millennium Network- The next 5-year plan  
9:30 Joseph DePinto   Charge to the conference: coordinating research and management  
9:40 Chris Marvin, moderator   Breakout discussions  
       

 

  
 

If you would like to receive additional information on The Lake Erie Millennium Network Conference, please contact:

Dr. Jan Ciborowski
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Windsor
Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Tel: (519) 253-3000 ext. 2725
Fax: (519) 971-3609
email: cibor@uwindsor.ca

 

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