6 Special Session - Environmental Barcoding: Genomic Solutions for Biomonitoring

Monday, May 18, 2009: 1:30 PM-3:15 PM
Pantlind Ballroom
Moderators:
Donald J. Baird and Bernard W. Sweeney
1:30 PM
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Assembling a barcode reference library for caddisflies, TrichopteraBOL -the first step towards automated environmental bioassessment
Xin Zhou, Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph; Paul D.N. Hebert, Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph
1:45 PM
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Development and evaluation of DNA barcodes for aquatic bioassessments in Maryland
Mark Bagley, US Environmental Protection Agency; Suzanne Jackson, US Environmental Protection Agency; Stephanie Swenson, Independent Contractor to the USEPA; Istvan Turcsanyi, Dynamac Corporation; Ellen Friedman, Maryland Department of Natural Resources; Lee Weigt, Smithsonian Institution; Oliver Flint, Smithsonian Institution; Charles Spooner, US Environmental Protection Agency
2:00 PM
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Macroinvertebrate assessment of water quality in White Clay Creek based on specimens identified by amateurs, professionals, and barcoding
Bernard W. Sweeney, Stroud Water Research Center; Tanya Dapkey, University of Pennsylvania; John K. Jackson, Stroud Water Research Center; David H. Funk, Stroud Water Research Center; Jan M. Battle, Stroud Water Research Center
2:15 PM
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DNA barcoding: A taxonomist's point of view
R. Edward DeWalt, Illinois Natural History Survey
2:30 PM
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The value of natural history collections to environmental barcoding and biomonitoring: Case studies from North America to Iraq
Christy Jo Geraci, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History; Xin Zhou, Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph; Mohammed Abdullah Taqi Al-Saffar, Nature Iraq Organization
2:45 PM
30
Environmental barcoding: A next generation sequencing approach to biodiversity monitoring
Mehrdad Hajibabaei, University of Guelph; Shadi Shokralla, University of Guelph; Xin Zhou, University of Guelph; Donald J. Baird, Canadian Rivers Institute; Paul D.N. Hebert, Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph
3:00 PM
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Biomonitoring 2.0: The genomics-ecoinformatics nexus
Donald J. Baird, Canadian Rivers Institute; Mehrdad Hajibabaei, University of Guelph; Xin Zhou, University of Guelph; Paul D.N. Hebert, Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph
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