Tuesday, June 5, 2007: 8:00 AM-9:45 AM
Lexington Room B (Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center)
Special Session - Freshwater Biomonitoring with Macroinvertebrates in East Asia I
The history and current status of efforts to implement macroinvertebrate biomonitoring protocols for pollution of surface waters in East Asian countries will be the focus of this session. Impediments to such biomonitoring include (1) lack of knowledge of the macroinvertebrate fauna and their tolerance values in most countries of Oriental Asia, especially of the aquatic immature stages; (2) few research programs and formal training opportunities for biomonitoring in Asian universities; (3) scarcity of high-quality microscopes and other necessary equipment in some countries; and (4) limited government understanding and support for biomonitoring, with employment of few skilled regulatory staff, lack of training opportunities for them, and persistence of old and unreliable biomonitoring protocols. A recently established regional network, the Aquatic Entomological Society of East Asia (AESEA) and several major recent publications are helping to coordinate and promote this science and technology in East Asia. Anyone working in Asian freshwater ecosystems who is familiar with biomonitoring efforts in these countries will be welcome to participate in the session by contacting the organizer.
Organizers:John C. Morse
Y. Jae Bae
8:00 AM107Freshwater Biomonitoring with Macroinvertebrates in Korea with a Case Study of the Cheonggye Stream Restoration Project in Downtown Seoul
Y.J. Bae, Il Kwon Shin
8:15 AM108Spatial and temporal variation of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in bioassessment of tributaries of the Mekong River, Thailand
N. Sangpradub, C. Hanjavanit, P. Getwongsa, P. Uttaruk
8:30 AM109Freshwater Biomonitoring with Macroinvertebrates in Japan
K. Tanida
8:45 AM110Freshwater Biomonitoring with Macroinvertebrates in Far East Russia
T.S. Vshivkova
9:00 AM111The Influence of Land Use on Biotic Integrity of Benthic Macroinvertebrate in the Xitiaoxi Stream, Zhejiang Province, China
Beixin Wang, Lianfang Yang
9:15 AM112Biomonitoring with stream macroinvertebrates in the Republic of China and a case study from Central Taiwan
Y-K. Wang, Tz-Wen Liu, Jiunn-Jei Wu
9:30 AM113Freshwater Biomonitoring with Macroinvertebrates in Mongolia
S. Chuluunbat, Munkhjargal Gotov
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