NABS 57th Annual Meeting (16-23 May, 2009): Special Session - Measures of Stream Ecosystem Function: An Applied Perspective I

Thursday, May 21, 2009: 1:30 PM-3:15 PM

Ambassador West

Moderators:

Brent Johnson and Ken M. Fritz

1:30 PM

584

Stream ecosystem functions and the national ambient air quality standard review for NOx and SOx
Paul Wagner, The Institute for Water Resources - USACE; Tara Greaver, USEPA - National Center for Environmental Assessment; Jeff Arnold, USEPA - National Center for Environmental Assessment

1:45 PM

585

Estimating benthic secondary production from aquatic insect emergence in streams affected by mountaintop removal coal mining, West Virginia, USA
Brent Johnson, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Ken M. Fritz, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Exposure Research Division; Rachel Price, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

2:00 PM

586

Sediment and epilithon metabolism and hydrolytic activity in streams affected by mountaintop removal coal mining, West Virginia, USA
Ken M. Fritz, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Exposure Research Division; Brent Johnson, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Rachel Price, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

2:15 PM

587

Mountaintop removal/valley fill coal mining reduces in-stream retention of ammonium
Eric R. Sokol, Virginia Tech; Jackson R. Webster, Virginia Tech; E. F. Benfield, Virginia Tech; Bobbie Niederlehner, Virginia Tech

2:30 PM

588

Effects of mountain top removal/valley fill on litter breakdown in central Appalachian streams
Corrie F. Maxwell, Virginia Tech; E. F. Benfield, Virginia Tech; Eric R. Sokol, Virginia Tech; H. Maurice Valett, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jackson R. Webster, Virginia Tech

2:45 PM

589

Leaf breakdown in streams receiving coal mine drainage in central Pennsylvania
Matthew E. McTammany, Bucknell University; Steven T. Rier, Bloomsburg University; Thomas L. Bott, Stroud Water Research Center; J. Denis Newbold, Stroud Water Research Center; Bernard W. Sweeney, Stroud Water Research Center

3:00 PM

590

Using extracellular enzymes to indicate impairments to ecosystem function in streams impacted by abandoned mine drainage in north central Pennsylvania
Steven T. Rier, Bloomsburg University; Matthew E. McTammany, Bucknell University; Thomas L. Bott, Stroud Water Research Center; J. Denis Newbold, Stroud Water Research Center; Bernard W. Sweeney, Stroud Water Research Center

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